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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

Missouri 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$17.78$13.49 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$16.22 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $13 to $87Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $40
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $60professional $18

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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$50.12
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
$25.12
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.12

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 28th of 51

$18.20

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.