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Specialized Tissue Stain for Cancer Markers

Oklahoma 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$129$56.23 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$123 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $83 to $214Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $51 to $759
$50$100$200$500facility $170professional $129

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
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 22nd of 51

$141

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.