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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

North Dakota 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.85 to $36.31.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $12 to $85Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $43
$10$20$50facility $65professional $30

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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$32.36

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 4th of 51

$30.20

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.