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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88361

A pathologist uses image-analysis software to measure how strongly a single special stain lit up in a tissue sample taken during a biopsy or surgery, such as a hormone-receptor or growth-protein marker used to guide cancer treatment. The computer assistance gives a more precise, repeatable score than reading the slide by eye alone. It is typically done after a tumor sample has already been stained, to help decide which therapies are likely to work.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement cost?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$77.62 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$58.88 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $59 to $59Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $71 to $145
$100$200$500facility $59professional $117

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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
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
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$70.79

AK $316AL $70.79

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.