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Computer-Assisted Tissue Stain Measurement

Virginia 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$102$60.26 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$91.20 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $56 to $1,318Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $60 to $214
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $148professional $102

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
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$138.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$371.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$181.97
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
$52.48
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.39

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$107

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.