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
Atlanta, GA
See all hospitals reporting CPT 88233 →Price type
Emory University’s median price of $144 is 25% below the median hospital's median price ($192), higher than 20% of the 2,189 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: 10 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 blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $106 | $106 | — | — | — | $106 – $106 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $120 | $120 | — | — | — | $120 – $120 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 5 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $142 | $142 | — | — | — | $142 – $142 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $144 | $144 | — | — | — | $144 – $144 |
| 10 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $145 | $145 | — | — | — | $145 – $145 |
| 11 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $148 | $148 | — | — | — | $148 – $148 |
| 12 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $149 | $149 | — | — | — | $149 – $149 |
| 13 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $192 | $192 | — | — | — | $192 – $192 |
| 14 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $200 | $200 | — | — | — | $200 – $200 |
| 15 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $211 | $211 | — | — | — | $211 – $211 |
| 16 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $253 | $253 | — | — | — | $253 – $253 |
| 17 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $298 | $298 | — | — | — | $298 – $298 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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