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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

New Jersey 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$105$93.33 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$166 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $115 to $20,417Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $74 to $229
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $437professional $105

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
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$194.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$302.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$131.83
2 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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.91

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 33rd of 51

$126

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.