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X-ray Of A Surgical Tissue Specimen

Mississippi 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$37.15$23.44 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$550 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $427 to $724Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $15 to $66
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $37

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
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.39
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.20
2 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
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.60

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 36th of 51

$37.15

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.