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Additional Rapid Tissue Analysis During Surgery

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 88332

This is an add-on laboratory service for examining an additional piece of tissue using a rapid processing technique during an operation, so a surgeon can get results while the patient is still on the operating table. It applies when more than one tissue sample from the same surgery needs this rapid, same-visit analysis. The findings can help guide decisions made during the surgery itself.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Additional Rapid Tissue Analysis During Surgery cost?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$33.11 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$48.98 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $38 to $123Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $21 to $95
$20$50$100facility $71professional $51

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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$43.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Louisiana. 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.

South Carolina· 24th of 51

$54.95

AK $141LA $30.20

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.