Tissue culture of skin or solid tissue biopsy at Rush Medical Foundation

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

PR TISSUE CULTURE, SKIN/BIOPSY

Meridian, MS

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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $148 is 23% below the median hospital's median price ($192), higher than 29% of the 2,189 hospitals reporting CPT 88233. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 88233 at Rush Medical Foundation

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 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	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$124	$124	$17	14%	—	$107 – $141
2	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$141	$133	$37	28%	—	$84 – $174
3	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$141	$138	$7	5%	—	$127 – $142
4	Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$141	$141	—	—	—	$141 – $141
5	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$141	$141	—	—	—	$141 – $141
6	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$141	$141	—	—	—	$141 – $141
7	Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$197	$197	—	—	—	$197 – $197
8	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$229	$229	$7	3%	—	$222 – $235
9	MultiPlan all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$246	$246	—	—	—	$246 – $246
10	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$258	$258	—	—	—	$258 – $258
11	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$260	$260	—	—	—	$260 – $260
12	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$271	$271	$11	4%	—	$261 – $282
13	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$300	$300	—	—	—	$300 – $300

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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