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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 88344

A tissue sample is treated with a specialized combination staining technique in the lab to help identify specific characteristics of the cells present, such as markers that support a cancer diagnosis. This version reflects a more complex, combination-stain method rather than a single individual stain.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $162 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$95.50 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$162 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $162 to $589Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $66 to $282
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $162professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$58.88

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Mississippi· 30th of 51

$162

AK $417AL $58.88

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.