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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Georgia 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $102 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$70.79 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$87.10 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $68 to $275Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $58 to $316
$50$100$200$500facility $102professional $135

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
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$288.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$954.99
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78
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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$129

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.