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 consultation during surgery; first tissue block, with frozen section(s), single specimen
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $56 is 69% below the median hospital's median price ($180), higher than 4% 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: 5 payers, 13 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 uhc hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $44 | $44 | — | — | — | $44 – $44 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $44 | $44 | — | — | — | $44 – $44 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $44 | $44 | — | — | — | $44 – $44 |
| 4 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $50 | $50 | — | — | — | $50 – $50 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna surefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $53 | $53 | — | — | — | $53 – $53 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $56 | $56 | — | — | — | $56 – $56 |
| 7 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $64 | $64 | — | — | — | $64 – $64 |
| 8 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $481 | $481 | — | — | — | $481 – $481 |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $481 | $481 | — | — | — | $481 – $481 |
| 10 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $639 | $639 | — | — | — | $639 – $639 |
| 11 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $657 | $657 | — | — | — | $657 – $657 |
| 12 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $657 | $657 | — | — | — | $657 – $657 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $752 | $752 | — | — | — | $752 – $752 |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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