Microscopic exam with preparation and report

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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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Micro exam, prep & report

Payers reporting HCPCS D0473

Payer pricing summary

Low

$18

Average

$155

Median

$69

High

$1.7k

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1	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	70	$164	$308	$198	64%	—	$46 – $562
2	Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms	29	$32	$31	$10	32%	—	$15 – $57
3	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	27	$59	$113	$82	72%	—	$34 – $406
4	UnitedHealthcare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	19	$98	$118	$44	37%	—	$43 – $228
5	Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms	15	$34	$37	$9	23%	—	$23 – $57
6	Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	15	$35	$37	$8	23%	—	$23 – $59
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	14	$239	$228	$89	39%	—	$26 – $471
8	Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	13	$31	$33	$9	28%	—	$20 – $52
9	MultiPlan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms	12	$85	$85	—	—	—	$85 – $85
10	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	11	$117	$116	$7	6%	—	$72 – $161
11	Cigna professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	10	$40	$42	$3	6%	—	$40 – $47
12	Clover facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	10	$18	$18	—	—	—	$18 – $18
13	Aetna Better Health facility · case rate · outpatient	7	$25	$25	$0	1%	—	$24 – $25
14	Amerihealth Caritas facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	7	$23	$23	$1	3%	—	$23 – $25
15	Oscar professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	4	$64	$64	—	—	—	$64 – $64
16	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	3	$70	$70	—	—	—	$70 – $70
17	Wellmark facility · case rate · outpatient	3	$79	$69	$22	32%	—	$32 – $87
18	Medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient	2	$21	$21	—	—	—	$21 – $21
19	Bcbs Id professional · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$131	$131	—	—	—	$131 – $131
20	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient	1	$239	$239	—	—	—	$239 – $239
21	Bcbs Nv fee schedule · outpatient	1	$53	$53	—	—	—	$53 – $53
22	Bcbs Tx percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	1	$67	$67	$8	11%	—	$59 – $74
23	Bcbs Vt professional · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$86	$86	—	—	—	$86 – $86
24	Healthpartners facility · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$201	$201	—	—	—	$201 – $201
25	WellCare facility · case rate · outpatient	1	$21	$21	—	—	—	$21 – $21