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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Arizona 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$112$81.28 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$110 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $76 to $501Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $74 to $891
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $112

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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$135

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.