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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

Tennessee 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 6 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$12.59$10.72 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$66.07 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $11 to $100Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $46
$10$20$50$100facility $66professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$8.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.50
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.12

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 48th of 51

$12.88

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.