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X-ray Of A Surgical Tissue Specimen

Minnesota 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$79.43$47.86 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$120 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $44 to $794Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $30 to $178
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $79

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
$43.65
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$93.33
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$338.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$117.49
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$223.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$43.65
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$85.11
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$89.13

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.