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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Oregon 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 July 2026.

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

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $251 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$166 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$155 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $74 to $339Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $132 to $513
$50$100$200$500facility $251professional $195

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$107.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$407.38

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Wyoming than in Rhode Island. 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.

Oregon· 15th of 51

$204

WY $331RI $91.20

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.