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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Arkansas 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, 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 $331 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$123$110 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$178 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $81 to $457Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $85 to $170
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$123.03
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
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
$48.98
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 34th of 51

$123

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.