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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Mississippi 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$174$107 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$214 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $126 to $479Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $54 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $214professional $174

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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$154.88
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
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$173.78
3 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
$53.70
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service + Q6 · Substitute physician, paid per time
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 12th of 51

$182

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.