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Basic Visual Examination of a Removed Specimen

Wyoming 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $19.50 to $45.71.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $46
$10$20$50professional $30

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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$23.99

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$29.51

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.