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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

North Carolina 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$12.88$11.75 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$11.75 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $34Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $13

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
$7.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$23.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$25.70
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$100.00
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$13.18

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.