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Electron Microscopy of a Tissue Sample

Tennessee 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$661$309 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$661 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,202Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $214 to $4,169
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $661

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
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$616.60
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$707.95
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
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 7th of 51

$724

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.