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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Illinois 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$120$57.54 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$162 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,072Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $52 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $288professional $120

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
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 31st of 51

$132

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.