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X-ray Of A Surgical Tissue Specimen

Iowa rates for HCPCS 76098

This service takes an X-ray image of a tissue sample immediately after it has been surgically removed, most often during a biopsy for a suspicious breast finding. Imaging the specimen right away helps confirm that the area of concern, such as a cluster of calcifications, was actually captured within the removed tissue before the patient leaves the procedure. This immediate confirmation can help avoid the need for a repeat procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does X-ray Of A Surgical Tissue Specimen cost?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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$60.26$38.02 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$51.29 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $40 to $1,445Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $26 to $107
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $79professional $60

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
$38.02
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$89.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$36.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
3 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
$17.78
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$60.26

AK $123NY $13.18

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.