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.
Original text from hospital filings
PATHOLOGY EXAMINATION OF SPECIMEN DURING SURGERY; FIRST TISSUE BLOCK
Dunn, NC
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Betsy Johnson Hospital’s median price of $172 is 4% below the median hospital's median price ($180), higher than 44% of the 2,445 hospitals reporting CPT 88331. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 7 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · other · outpatient | $86 | $86 | — | — | — | $86 – $86 |
| 2 | Humana medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $169 | $169 | — | — | — | $169 – $169 |
| 3 | Optum optum veterans affairs community care network facility · other · outpatient | $169 | $169 | — | — | — | $169 – $169 |
| 4 | WellCare medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $169 | $169 | — | — | — | $169 – $169 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $172 | $172 | — | — | — | $172 – $172 |
| 6 | Ambetter commercial facility · other · outpatient | $253 | $253 | — | — | — | $253 – $253 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial facility · other · outpatient | $422 | $422 | — | — | — | $422 – $422 |
Last updated: Apr 7, 2026
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