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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $87.10 to $132.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $87 to $182
$50$100$200professional $95

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$208.93

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Minnesota than in Texas. 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$95.50

MN $269TX $87.10

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.