$7.3B in total Medicare payments across 10 years
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.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $708.7M | 19.0M | — |
| 2015 | $733.3M | 19.0M | +3.5% |
| 2016 | $770.6M | 19.7M | +5.1% |
| 2017 | $734.4M | 19.7M | -4.7% |
| 2018 | $745.7M | 19.7M | +1.5% |
| 2019 | $766.3M | 20.1M | +2.8% |
| 2020 | $654.1M | 16.8M | -14.6% |
| 2021 | $722.2M | 18.4M | +10.4% |
| 2022 | $707.4M | 18.1M | -2.0% |
| 2023 | $710.5M | 18.3M | +0.4% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Institute For Dermatopathology, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | PA | $7.3M | 133.0K | $54.74 |
| 2 | Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, Pllc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $5.4M | 102.0K | $52.66 |
| 3 | Ameripath New York Llc | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $5.2M | 84.1K | $61.71 |
| 4 | Ameripath Florida Llc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $5.0M | 101.2K | $49.52 |
| 5 | Cohen Dermatopathology, P.C. | Clinical Laboratory | MA | $4.9M | 88.2K | $56.02 |
| 6 | Inform Diagnostics, Inc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $4.8M | 124.7K | $38.55 |
| 7 | Bridge Dermatopathology Services Pllc | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $3.8M | 62.7K | $60.65 |
| 8 | Ucsf Dermatopathology Service | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $3.8M | 58.0K | $65.49 |
| 9 | Propath Services, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $3.8M | 74.4K | $50.42 |
| 10 | Ameripath Florida Llc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $3.3M | 68.2K | $48.34 |
| 11 | Cockerell Dermatopathology Pa | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $3.2M | 65.8K | $48.65 |
| 12 | Ameripath Cincinnati Inc | Clinical Laboratory | OH | $2.8M | 59.4K | $46.72 |
| 13 | Advanced Pathology Solutions, Pllc | Clinical Laboratory | AR | $2.6M | 94.1K | $28.17 |
| 14 | Independent Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $2.5M | 52.6K | $46.79 |
| 15 | Derm Associates Llc | Clinical Laboratory | MD | $2.4M | 39.2K | $60.07 |
| 16 | Dermatopathology Laboratory Of Central States | Clinical Laboratory | OH | $2.3M | 54.9K | $41.37 |
| 17 | Cblpath, Inc | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $2.2M | 36.2K | $59.81 |
| 18 | Veronica Papavero | Pathology | FL | $2.0M | 37.2K | $54.31 |
| 19 | Dianon Systems, Inc | Clinical Laboratory | CT | $2.0M | 52.4K | $37.70 |
| 20 | Martin Reichel | Dermatology | NY | $1.9M | 30.2K | $64.39 |
| 21 | Us Path Labs Llc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $1.9M | 39.5K | $48.94 |
| 22 | Cary Chisholm | Pathology | TX | $1.9M | 50.5K | $37.95 |
| 23 | Robb Wilentz | Pathology | FL | $1.9M | 36.4K | $51.87 |
| 24 | Gulf Coast Dermatopathology Laboratory, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $1.9M | 37.5K | $49.93 |
| 25 | Etan Marks | Pathology | FL | $1.8M | 55.6K | $32.73 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $81.6M | 2.0M | 978 | $83.5K |
| CA | $81.2M | 1.9M | 1.6K | $51.3K |
| TX | $57.8M | 1.5M | 1.1K | $51.6K |
| NY | $57.2M | 1.3M | 979 | $58.5K |
| PA | $31.0M | 790.5K | 616 | $50.4K |
| MA | $27.6M | 674.2K | 516 | $53.4K |
| GA | $24.7M | 577.1K | 335 | $73.6K |
| TN | $22.9M | 659.2K | 415 | $55.1K |
| IL | $22.2M | 639.4K | 583 | $38.2K |
| NC | $22.1M | 566.9K | 439 | $50.4K |
| OH | $21.8M | 610.6K | 556 | $39.2K |
| NJ | $20.7M | 513.9K | 289 | $71.8K |
| AZ | $19.2M | 461.6K | 270 | $71.1K |
| MD | $16.8M | 382.5K | 273 | $61.4K |
| VA | $14.1M | 375.2K | 252 | $55.8K |
| WI | $13.5M | 378.8K | 301 | $44.8K |
| AL | $13.2M | 323.1K | 178 | $74.2K |
| WA | $13.2M | 349.7K | 335 | $39.4K |
| SC | $11.8M | 350.1K | 235 | $50.2K |
| MI | $10.8M | 316.6K | 469 | $23.1K |
| IN | $9.2M | 280.4K | 231 | $39.7K |
| CT | $9.0M | 215.1K | 202 | $44.6K |
| CO | $8.9M | 250.8K | 228 | $39.1K |
| MO | $8.7M | 255.7K | 285 | $30.7K |
| AR | $8.6M | 261.9K | 178 | $48.1K |
| MN | $8.1M | 256.5K | 494 | $16.5K |
| KS | $6.3M | 191.4K | 129 | $48.8K |
| KY | $5.8M | 184.7K | 176 | $33.2K |
| OR | $5.8M | 173.9K | 270 | $21.4K |
| IA | $5.2M | 163.6K | 128 | $40.5K |
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.