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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88300

This is the most basic level of laboratory examination of a tissue specimen, in which a pathologist looks at the specimen with the naked eye rather than under a microscope. It is used for simple, low-complexity specimens where a visual check is sufficient to confirm what was removed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen cost?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$27.54$12.02 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$14.79 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $11 to $95Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $68
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $28

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$17.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$5.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$37.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Alabama. 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.

Alaska· 9th of 51

$27.54

WI $36.31AL $11.75

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.