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X-ray Of A Surgical Tissue Specimen

Michigan 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$43.65$22.39 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$50.12 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $45 to $631Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $17 to $66
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $78professional $44

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
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$691.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$70.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$50.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$18.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$33.11
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$63.10
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.90
5 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
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$43.65

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.