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Electron Microscopy of a Tissue Sample

Mississippi 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$537$339 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$646 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,072Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $174 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $537

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
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
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
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 18th of 51

$646

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.