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Detailed Tissue Specimen Examination

Tennessee 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$331$200 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$295 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $151 to $562Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $132 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $427professional $331

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
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$288.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$354.81
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 14th of 51

$372

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.