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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Louisiana 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$135$97.72 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$275 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $178 to $617Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $54 to $209
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $282professional $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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
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
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 3rd of 51

$263

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.