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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

New Jersey 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$95.50 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$251 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $85 to $20,893Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $71 to $302
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $145

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
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$234.42
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$75.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
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
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.70

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 39th of 51

$145

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.