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88112

Cell examination of specimen, selective cellular enhancement technique

$303.7M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 88112 (Cell examination of specimen, selective cellular enhancement technique) received $303.7M in total Medicare payments.

Across 9.7M services, the average Medicare payment was $31.36 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$34.4M1.1M—
2015$33.3M1.1M-3.2%
2016$36.0M1.1M+8.0%
2017$33.7M1.1M-6.4%
2018$32.2M1.0M-4.2%
2019$31.4M990.5K-2.7%
2020$26.1M822.1K-16.9%
2021$26.6M849.1K+2.0%
2022$25.4M829.7K-4.5%
2023$24.7M827.2K-2.9%

Top Providers for 88112

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Michael NagarPathologyNY$682.5K11.1K$61.41
2Cdx Diagnostics, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryNY$543.0K15.8K$34.33
3Dianon Systems IncClinical LaboratoryOK$390.7K11.7K$33.38
4Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNJ$375.2K8.8K$42.61
5Nicholas MaruniakPathologyFL$370.5K7.4K$49.78
6Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$367.6K15.5K$23.69
7Northwell Health LaboratoriesClinical LaboratoryNY$322.5K5.6K$58.07
8Unilab CorporationClinical LaboratoryCA$237.3K8.4K$28.28
9Ameripath New York, LlcClinical LaboratoryNJ$221.8K6.4K$34.67
10Zhiming YangPathologyPA$219.5K4.1K$53.97
11Richard RobertsPathologyTN$218.9K4.8K$45.48
12Changhyun ChoiPathologyTN$213.1K5.0K$42.27
13Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNC$162.8K6.9K$23.63
14Raul RudelliPathologyNJ$160.3K2.9K$56.15
15Bioreference Health, LlcClinical LaboratoryNJ$156.6K3.1K$49.82
16Emeritus Medical Technology LlcClinical LaboratoryCA$148.2K4.3K$34.78
17Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts LlcClinical LaboratoryMA$144.8K5.2K$27.92
18Nicole MassollPathologyAR$140.0K3.5K$40.29
19Theranostix IncClinical LaboratoryMD$134.0K3.5K$38.12
20Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryNY$132.2K2.3K$56.43
21Kirk LinPathologyAZ$131.5K2.7K$49.44
22Kenneth BeckPathologyIL$126.4K2.3K$54.28
23Denise NajjarPathologyPA$126.0K2.4K$53.59
24Kerry WhitingPathologyNY$125.8K2.8K$45.74
25Heather BrownPathologyIL$123.7K2.3K$54.39

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
NY$3.6M99.1K325$11.1K
CA$2.2M70.3K427$5.2K
FL$2.2M71.6K325$6.7K
NJ$1.7M45.6K130$13.1K
TN$1.2M35.8K155$7.8K
MA$1.2M43.1K194$6.2K
PA$1.2M42.6K263$4.6K
IL$932.7K31.6K226$4.1K
TX$827.6K27.8K260$3.2K
MD$718.6K18.1K81$8.9K
NC$632.3K27.6K150$4.2K
AZ$614.7K20.2K108$5.7K
OH$601.7K26.9K247$2.4K
VA$593.2K18.5K111$5.3K
MI$574.6K22.6K164$3.5K
OK$515.2K17.2K33$15.6K
GA$507.8K17.1K128$4.0K
WA$385.7K14.9K117$3.3K
IN$357.7K13.3K108$3.3K
CT$322.7K10.0K69$4.7K
SC$313.7K12.4K64$4.9K
MN$277.5K9.7K107$2.6K
MO$273.2K10.7K82$3.3K
AR$245.4K8.2K38$6.5K
WI$243.5K11.4K87$2.8K
LA$194.3K8.8K84$2.3K
CO$190.7K7.7K80$2.4K
KY$172.1K8.3K77$2.2K
AL$160.0K6.3K58$2.8K
IA$158.7K7.1K54$2.9K

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.