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Specialized Tissue Stain for Cancer Markers

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 88360

A laboratory applies a specialized staining technique to a tissue sample that highlights specific proteins on cells, helping pathologists identify particular cancer markers or characteristics. A specialist visually examines and interprets the stained sample under a microscope. This test can help confirm a diagnosis or guide treatment decisions for certain cancers.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Specialized Tissue Stain for Cancer Markers cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $120 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$72.44 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$93.33 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $74 to $347Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $52 to $204
$50$100$200facility $120professional $123

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
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$147.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.4 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.

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$123

AK $457AL $61.66

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.