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Separating Selected Cells From A Tissue Sample

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $182 to $263.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,479
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $200

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$281.84

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Minnesota than in Florida. 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$200

MN $427FL $123

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.