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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Utah 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$53.70 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$132 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $132 to $933Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $35 to $132
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $589professional $71

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
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 50th of 51

$75.86

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.