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Electron Microscopy of a Tissue Sample

Louisiana 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$302 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$447 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,413Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $214 to $759
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $479

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
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$537

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.