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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Idaho 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$209$135 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$170 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,148Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $91 to $251
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $224professional $209

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,659.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
1 more rate 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 6th of 51

$209

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.