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Scanning Electron Microscope Examination

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 88349

Examination of a sample with a scanning electron microscope, an instrument that magnifies far beyond an ordinary light microscope and reveals the surface shape and texture of cells and structures. It is used when a diagnosis depends on detail too fine for a standard microscope to show.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scanning Electron Microscope Examination cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$501 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$759 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $51 to $3,236Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $501 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $3,020professional $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Massachusetts than in South Carolina. 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· 15th of 33

$537

MA $1,585SC $240

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.