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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

West Virginia 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 5 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$13.49$11.48 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$27.54 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $22 to $245Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $389
$10$20$50$100$200facility $132professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$60.26
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 7th of 51

$27.54

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.