Special stains for tissue sample, group I at Affinity Hospital LLC

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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SPECIAL STAINS GRP 1

Birmingham, AL

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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $150 is 67% above the median hospital's median price ($90), higher than 76% of the 2,602 hospitals reporting CPT 88312. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 88312 at Affinity Hospital LLC

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 payers, 22 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient	$38	$38	—	—	—	$38 – $38
2	UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$45	$45	—	—	—	$45 – $45
3	UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$45	$45	—	—	—	$45 – $45
4	Tricare node tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$45	$45	—	—	—	$45 – $45
5	Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$47	$47	—	—	—	$47 – $47
6	UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · per diem · outpatient	$47	$47	—	—	—	$47 – $47
7	Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$48	$48	—	—	—	$48 – $48
8	Cigna Healthspring node cigna healthspring mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$48	$48	—	—	—	$48 – $48
9	Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$48	$48	—	—	—	$48 – $48
10	Clover node clover health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$48	$48	—	—	—	$48 – $48
11	Aetna node aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$48	$48	—	—	—	$48 – $48
12	WellCare node wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$49	$49	—	—	—	$49 – $49
13	WellCare node wellcare ambetter marketplace facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$72	$72	—	—	—	$72 – $72
14	Cigna cigna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$86	$86	—	—	—	$86 – $86
15	Aetna aetna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$90	$90	—	—	—	$90 – $90
16	Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$246	$246	—	—	—	$246 – $246
17	First Health first health facility · other · outpatient	$328	$328	—	—	—	$328 – $328
18	MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$333	$333	—	—	—	$333 – $333
19	MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$339	$339	—	—	—	$339 – $339
20	MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$382	$382	—	—	—	$382 – $382
21	MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$382	$382	—	—	—	$382 – $382
22	First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$427	$427	—	—	—	$427 – $427

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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