$231.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 88173 (Evaluation of fine needle aspirate with interpretation and report) received $231.1M in total Medicare payments.
Across 3.3M services, the average Medicare payment was $69.66 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $22.7M | 333.1K | — |
| 2015 | $23.7M | 340.3K | +4.1% |
| 2016 | $25.2M | 356.2K | +6.7% |
| 2017 | $24.8M | 352.3K | -1.8% |
| 2018 | $24.6M | 347.5K | -0.8% |
| 2019 | $24.6M | 352.6K | +0.1% |
| 2020 | $20.6M | 288.6K | -16.4% |
| 2021 | $21.8M | 310.7K | +5.9% |
| 2022 | $21.2M | 309.9K | -2.5% |
| 2023 | $21.8M | 325.9K | +2.6% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veracyte, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $1.3M | 10.8K | $124.41 |
| 2 | Cblpath, Inc | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $1.1M | 7.6K | $145.64 |
| 3 | Gerald Minkowitz | Pathology | NY | $459.0K | 3.1K | $145.71 |
| 4 | Ricardo Bardales | Pathology | CA | $98.8K | 762 | $129.62 |
| 5 | Acupath Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $94.6K | 643 | $147.14 |
| 6 | Biovantra Llc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $82.5K | 675 | $122.21 |
| 7 | Northwell Health Laboratories | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $80.5K | 548 | $146.97 |
| 8 | Dianon Systems, Inc | Clinical Laboratory | CT | $75.7K | 838 | $90.32 |
| 9 | Laboratory Medicine Consultants Ltd | Clinical Laboratory | NV | $74.8K | 596 | $125.57 |
| 10 | Thousand Oaks Pathology Associates Inc | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $70.0K | 492 | $142.32 |
| 11 | Pathology Reference Laboratory, L.L.C. | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $65.7K | 553 | $118.87 |
| 12 | Ameripath Florida Llc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $61.0K | 882 | $69.13 |
| 13 | Mai Gu | Pathology | CA | $59.2K | 441 | $134.16 |
| 14 | Dcl Pathology Llc | Clinical Laboratory | IN | $58.5K | 496 | $118.00 |
| 15 | Ameripath Florida Llc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $58.1K | 764 | $75.99 |
| 16 | Health Network Laboratories, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | PA | $57.7K | 1.0K | $56.45 |
| 17 | Pca Of Columbia, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | TN | $54.6K | 710 | $76.89 |
| 18 | David Kw Lieu | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $54.2K | 381 | $142.38 |
| 19 | Wei Sun | Pathology | NY | $52.6K | 404 | $130.24 |
| 20 | Sara Mustafa | Pathology | VA | $52.4K | 377 | $138.91 |
| 21 | Yasmin Elshenawy | Pathology | TN | $51.5K | 432 | $119.30 |
| 22 | Heartland Pathology Consultants, Pc | Clinical Laboratory | OK | $50.5K | 517 | $97.71 |
| 23 | Sarah Kassaby | Pathology | TN | $50.4K | 429 | $117.39 |
| 24 | Yale University | Clinical Laboratory | CT | $44.8K | 341 | $131.45 |
| 25 | Darren Harris | Pathology | GA | $43.4K | 355 | $122.22 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $3.4M | 37.8K | 354 | $9.7K |
| NY | $3.0M | 30.7K | 252 | $12.0K |
| FL | $1.3M | 20.4K | 281 | $4.7K |
| TX | $1.2M | 19.2K | 291 | $4.0K |
| PA | $860.9K | 15.8K | 218 | $3.9K |
| IL | $812.8K | 14.8K | 211 | $3.9K |
| MA | $666.2K | 11.3K | 162 | $4.1K |
| OH | $602.1K | 10.8K | 207 | $2.9K |
| TN | $592.9K | 8.9K | 123 | $4.8K |
| NC | $591.8K | 10.4K | 120 | $4.9K |
| NJ | $563.4K | 8.1K | 107 | $5.3K |
| MD | $486.0K | 7.7K | 81 | $6.0K |
| MI | $471.3K | 8.7K | 144 | $3.3K |
| AZ | $466.7K | 6.8K | 86 | $5.4K |
| IN | $450.5K | 7.7K | 91 | $5.0K |
| VA | $436.8K | 7.0K | 98 | $4.5K |
| GA | $426.0K | 6.7K | 110 | $3.9K |
| WA | $384.9K | 6.4K | 97 | $4.0K |
| SC | $384.7K | 6.9K | 72 | $5.3K |
| MN | $337.7K | 6.0K | 96 | $3.5K |
| WI | $330.4K | 6.1K | 79 | $4.2K |
| CT | $324.8K | 4.4K | 59 | $5.5K |
| MO | $289.4K | 5.4K | 88 | $3.3K |
| CO | $274.1K | 4.9K | 79 | $3.5K |
| KY | $247.5K | 4.7K | 69 | $3.6K |
| NV | $216.0K | 2.8K | 30 | $7.2K |
| LA | $215.1K | 3.9K | 61 | $3.5K |
| OK | $210.5K | 3.4K | 31 | $6.8K |
| AR | $193.3K | 2.9K | 32 | $6.0K |
| IA | $186.7K | 3.4K | 56 | $3.3K |
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.