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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

New Hampshire 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.49 to $42.66.

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 $22 · 10th to 90th $12 to $51
$10$20$50professional $22

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
$11.75
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$36.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$51.29
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.11

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 16th of 51

$22.39

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.