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Pathologist's Cell Check During Surgery

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 88333

A pathologist examines cells touched or smeared from tissue onto a slide while the operation is still under way, and reports back to the surgical team within minutes. The rapid answer helps the surgeon decide whether enough tissue has been taken or what to do next. This covers the first site examined this way.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pathologist's Cell Check During Surgery cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $219.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $63 to $295
$50$100$200$500professional $120

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$123.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$588.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$380.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$154.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$588.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$380.19
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Wyoming 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$120

WY $182FL $64.57

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.