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Electron Microscopy of a Tissue Sample

Arizona 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$398$309 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$331 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $135 to $891Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,236
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $398

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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$407

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.