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Standard Tissue Specimen Examination

Kansas rates for HCPCS 88304

A pathologist examines a surgically removed tissue specimen both visually and under a microscope to reach a diagnosis, at a complexity level typically used for more routine, lower-complexity specimens. The findings are summarized in a written pathology report.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Standard Tissue Specimen Examination cost?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$42.66$39.81 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$39.81 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $30 to $102Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $36 to $79
$10$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $43

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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$67.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$41.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$74.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in West Virginia 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.

Kansas· 33rd of 51

$46.77

WV $132AL $34.67

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.