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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

Mississippi 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.80 to $28.84.

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

Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $11 to $29
$10$20$50professional $25

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$31.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$27.54

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 12th of 51

$25.12

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.