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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Tennessee 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $117 to $501.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $91 to $417Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,479
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $269professional $174

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
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$229.09
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
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$204

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.