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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Michigan 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $120 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$151$115 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$91.20 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $66 to $398Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $100 to $195
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $120professional $151

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$436.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$251.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
8 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
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$27.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 24th of 51

$148

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.