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Electron Microscopy of a Tissue Sample

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 88348

This is a specialized examination of a tissue sample using an electron microscope, which reveals cell structures at a much finer level of detail than a standard light microscope can show. Pathologists use it for certain diagnoses — for example, some kidney diseases or unusual tumors — where the extra detail changes or confirms the diagnosis. It is reserved for cases where a routine microscopic exam does not give a clear enough answer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Electron Microscopy of a Tissue Sample cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$295 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$759 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,096Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $295 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
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
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 11.5 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.

Arkansas· 39th of 51

$398

AK $1,778AL $155

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.