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Pathologist's Cell Check During Surgery

Tennessee 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 October 2026.

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

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $66.07 to $589.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $25 to $102Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $47 to $741
$20$50$100$200$500facility $66professional $135

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
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$48.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$44.67
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$56.23

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 4.5 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· 21st of 51

$107

AK $240AL $53.70

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.