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Separating Selected Cells From A Tissue Sample

Idaho rates for HCPCS 88381

A laboratory preparation step in which a very small, specific group of cells is separated out from a tissue sample viewed under a microscope. Isolating those cells means that a later test measures only the area of interest instead of the surrounding normal tissue, which makes the result more reliable. It produces material for further testing rather than a diagnosis of its own.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Separating Selected Cells From A Tissue Sample cost?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$182 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$240 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $174 to $912Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $110 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $347

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$229.09
1 more rate 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in North Dakota 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.

Idaho· 2nd of 51

$355

ND $363AL $56.23

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.