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Tissue Prep for Special Testing With Live Consult

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 88388

This covers a pathologist's work in examining, dissecting, and preparing a tissue sample for specialized laboratory testing that goes beyond looking at the tissue under a microscope, such as genetic or specialized cell-based analysis. This version includes the pathologist providing real-time consultation to the surgical team while the patient is still in the operating room. This helps guide decisions during the surgery based on the tissue findings.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tissue Prep for Special Testing With Live Consult cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $234 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 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$234$60.26 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$13.49 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $8 to $234Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $47 to $234
$10$20$50$100$200facility $234professional $234

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$169.82

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 22.9 times more in California 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.

Massachusetts· 2nd of 42

$234

CA $234FL $10.23

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.