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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

Minnesota 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$32.36$21.38 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$15.14 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $15 to $129Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $15 to $62
$10$20$50$100facility $65professional $32

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
$15.14
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$34.67
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$13.18
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$41.69

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$33.88

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.