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88305

Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity

$7.3B in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 88305 (Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity) received $7.3B in total Medicare payments.

Across 188.8M services, the average Medicare payment was $38.41 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$708.7M19.0M—
2015$733.3M19.0M+3.5%
2016$770.6M19.7M+5.1%
2017$734.4M19.7M-4.7%
2018$745.7M19.7M+1.5%
2019$766.3M20.1M+2.8%
2020$654.1M16.8M-14.6%
2021$722.2M18.4M+10.4%
2022$707.4M18.1M-2.0%
2023$710.5M18.3M+0.4%

Top Providers for 88305

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Institute For Dermatopathology, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryPA$7.3M133.0K$54.74
2Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, PllcClinical LaboratoryTX$5.4M102.0K$52.66
3Ameripath New York LlcClinical LaboratoryNY$5.2M84.1K$61.71
4Ameripath Florida LlcClinical LaboratoryFL$5.0M101.2K$49.52
5Cohen Dermatopathology, P.C.Clinical LaboratoryMA$4.9M88.2K$56.02
6Inform Diagnostics, IncClinical LaboratoryTX$4.8M124.7K$38.55
7Bridge Dermatopathology Services PllcClinical LaboratoryNY$3.8M62.7K$60.65
8Ucsf Dermatopathology ServiceClinical LaboratoryCA$3.8M58.0K$65.49
9Propath Services, LlcClinical LaboratoryTX$3.8M74.4K$50.42
10Ameripath Florida LlcClinical LaboratoryFL$3.3M68.2K$48.34
11Cockerell Dermatopathology PaClinical LaboratoryTX$3.2M65.8K$48.65
12Ameripath Cincinnati IncClinical LaboratoryOH$2.8M59.4K$46.72
13Advanced Pathology Solutions, PllcClinical LaboratoryAR$2.6M94.1K$28.17
14Independent Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$2.5M52.6K$46.79
15Derm Associates LlcClinical LaboratoryMD$2.4M39.2K$60.07
16Dermatopathology Laboratory Of Central StatesClinical LaboratoryOH$2.3M54.9K$41.37
17Cblpath, IncClinical LaboratoryNY$2.2M36.2K$59.81
18Veronica PapaveroPathologyFL$2.0M37.2K$54.31
19Dianon Systems, IncClinical LaboratoryCT$2.0M52.4K$37.70
20Martin ReichelDermatologyNY$1.9M30.2K$64.39
21Us Path Labs LlcClinical LaboratoryFL$1.9M39.5K$48.94
22Cary ChisholmPathologyTX$1.9M50.5K$37.95
23Robb WilentzPathologyFL$1.9M36.4K$51.87
24Gulf Coast Dermatopathology Laboratory, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryFL$1.9M37.5K$49.93
25Etan MarksPathologyFL$1.8M55.6K$32.73

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$81.6M2.0M978$83.5K
CA$81.2M1.9M1.6K$51.3K
TX$57.8M1.5M1.1K$51.6K
NY$57.2M1.3M979$58.5K
PA$31.0M790.5K616$50.4K
MA$27.6M674.2K516$53.4K
GA$24.7M577.1K335$73.6K
TN$22.9M659.2K415$55.1K
IL$22.2M639.4K583$38.2K
NC$22.1M566.9K439$50.4K
OH$21.8M610.6K556$39.2K
NJ$20.7M513.9K289$71.8K
AZ$19.2M461.6K270$71.1K
MD$16.8M382.5K273$61.4K
VA$14.1M375.2K252$55.8K
WI$13.5M378.8K301$44.8K
AL$13.2M323.1K178$74.2K
WA$13.2M349.7K335$39.4K
SC$11.8M350.1K235$50.2K
MI$10.8M316.6K469$23.1K
IN$9.2M280.4K231$39.7K
CT$9.0M215.1K202$44.6K
CO$8.9M250.8K228$39.1K
MO$8.7M255.7K285$30.7K
AR$8.6M261.9K178$48.1K
MN$8.1M256.5K494$16.5K
KS$6.3M191.4K129$48.8K
KY$5.8M184.7K176$33.2K
OR$5.8M173.9K270$21.4K
IA$5.2M163.6K128$40.5K

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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.