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Detailed Tissue Specimen Examination

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

How much does Detailed Tissue Specimen Examination cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$617$380 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$525 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $275 to $891Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $617

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
$275.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$354.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Minnesota than in Florida. 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· 1st of 51

$603

MN $603FL $204

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.