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Oral Cell Sample Lab Analysis

Nebraska rates for HCPCS D0480

Laboratory processing of a sample of cells gently collected from the surface of a sore, patch, or other area of concern in the mouth, examined under a microscope with a written report sent back to your dentist. It's a way to check unusual-looking tissue without a surgical biopsy.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Oral Cell Sample Lab Analysis cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 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$42.66$42.66 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$70.79 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $43 to $240Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $43 to $100
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $91professional $43

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
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Nebraska· 44th of 51

$42.66

MN $195KY $23.99

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.