CPT 88388

Intraoperative tissue preparation for molecular studies

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Tiss ex molecul study add-on

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$58

Median

$49

High

$192

Payer rate distribution

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All methodologies Case rate 18 Fee schedule 38 Per diem 2 Percent of billed charges 24 Other 9

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1	Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms	27	$51	$55	$26	47%	—	$22 – $136
2	UnitedHealthcare facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	20	$33	$32	$23	71%	—	$3 – $93
3	Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	16	$31	$29	$14	48%	—	$3 – $53
4	Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient	16	$32	$31	$13	41%	—	$3 – $54
5	Optum facility · case rate · outpatient	13	$30	$36	$11	30%	—	$27 – $57
6	Humana facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	9	$60	$53	$19	35%	—	$16 – $66
7	Aetna Better Health facility · case rate · outpatient	7	$72	$71	$1	1%	—	$69 – $72
8	Amerihealth Caritas facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	7	$66	$67	$2	3%	—	$66 – $72
9	Aetna facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	6	$69	$74	$32	44%	—	$21 – $136
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	4	$141	$139	$44	32%	—	$90 – $204

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