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X-ray Of A Surgical Tissue Specimen

Tennessee 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $28.18 to $759.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $25 to $646Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $18 to $776
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $62professional $40

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
$5.25
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$48.98
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$50.12
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
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 30th of 51

$39.81

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.