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Electron Microscopy of a Tissue Sample

Minnesota 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$776$661 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$776 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,660Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,023professional $776

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
$446.68
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,981.07
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,388.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$912

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.