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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

Utah 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $10.23 to $23.44.

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

Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $6 to $26
$5$10$20professional $21

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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.39

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 20th of 51

$20.89

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.