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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

Kentucky 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 7 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$11.48$10.23 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$19.50 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $14 to $78Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $25
$10$20$50facility $62professional $11

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$12.30
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$60.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.39

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$12.02

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.