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X-ray Of A Surgical Tissue Specimen

Louisiana 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$25.12 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$15.85 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $16 to $1,047Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $20 to $56
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $54professional $45

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
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.11
6 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
$14.45
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$41.69

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$45.71

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.