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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Utah 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$126$100 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$100 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $100 to $933Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $35 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $589professional $126

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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$89.13

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 48th of 51

$126

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.