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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

Rhode Island 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 4 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$16.60$12.02 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$34.67 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $19 to $148Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $17

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
$34.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.62

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$20.42

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.