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
TISSUE CULTURE SKIN/BIOPSY
Clovis, CA
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Clovis Community Medical Center’s median price of $141 is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($192), higher than 7% of the 2,176 hospitals reporting CPT 88233. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 17 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medi-cal facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $125 | $125 | — | — | — | $125 – $125 |
| 2 | Molina managed medi-cal facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $125 | $125 | — | — | — | $125 – $125 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare hmo for chp facility · case rate · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 5 | Aetna ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 7 | Cigna access (pffs) facility · case rate · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 8 | Cigna healthspring facility · case rate · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 9 | Humana medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 10 | Kaiser commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 11 | Kaiser senior advantage medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 12 | WellCare medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $143 | $143 | — | — | — | $143 – $143 |
| 14 | Aetna medicare hmo for non-chp facility · case rate · outpatient | $148 | $148 | — | — | — | $148 – $148 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield epn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $413 | $413 | — | — | — | $413 – $413 |
| 16 | Aetna qualified health plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $569 | $569 | — | — | — | $569 – $569 |
| 17 | Aetna hmoposppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $715 | $715 | — | — | — | $715 – $715 |
Last updated: Sep 11, 2026
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