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Detailed Tissue Specimen Examination

Idaho rates for HCPCS 88307

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Detailed Tissue Specimen Examination cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $468 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$282 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$288 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,096Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $170 to $603
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $501

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$398.11
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska 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.

Idaho· 5th of 51

$490

AK $575AL $138

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.