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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Vermont 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $145.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $91 to $174
$100$200$500professional $145

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 33rd of 51

$145

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.