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Standard Tissue Specimen Examination

Minnesota 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$77.62$42.66 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$107 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $54 to $339Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $35 to $219
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $174professional $78

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
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$102.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$34.67
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$173.78

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$95.50

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.