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
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $141 is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($192), higher than 7% 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: 6 payers, 9 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 bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 3 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 4 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 5 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $141 | $141 | — | — | — | $141 – $141 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $281 | $281 | — | — | — | $281 – $281 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $453 | $453 | — | — | — | $453 – $453 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $477 | $477 | — | — | — | $477 – $477 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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