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Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report

$781.2M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 88312 (Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report) received $781.2M in total Medicare payments.

Across 14.7M services, the average Medicare payment was $53.15 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$71.1M1.6M—
2015$75.2M1.6M+5.8%
2016$77.9M1.6M+3.5%
2017$77.2M1.5M-0.9%
2018$79.5M1.5M+2.9%
2019$83.1M1.6M+4.5%
2020$72.1M1.3M-13.3%
2021$83.1M1.4M+15.3%
2022$79.7M1.3M-4.1%
2023$82.2M1.4M+3.1%

Top Providers for 88312

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Advanced Pathology Solutions, PllcClinical LaboratoryAR$2.3M46.9K$48.19
2Pathology On The Go Inc.Clinical LaboratoryFL$1.8M26.8K$68.86
3Scott AckerPathologyGA$1.7M20.1K$85.54
4Acupath Laboratories, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryNY$1.4M16.7K$83.21
5Mcclain Laboratories LlcClinical LaboratoryNY$1.2M11.1K$104.34
6Annapath, IncClinical LaboratoryMD$1.1M13.0K$85.29
7Charles Aiesi Consulting. Inc.Clinical LaboratoryFL$1.1M16.7K$65.90
8Michael McginnisPathologyCA$945.8K10.1K$93.76
9Cdx Diagnostics, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryNY$917.3K16.3K$56.16
10William BetsillPathologyGA$839.6K9.9K$84.85
11Mark TranDermatologyCA$758.3K7.2K$105.02
12Jochen SchaeferPathologyCA$744.7K8.2K$90.34
13John GrimwoodPathologyGA$725.3K8.5K$85.58
14Carolina MontesPathologyGA$678.7K7.9K$85.97
15Stacey LongoPathologyNJ$664.6K8.1K$81.83
16Interscience Diagnostic Laboratories,incClinical LaboratoryNY$656.9K7.5K$87.80
17Karabi SinhaPathologyNJ$637.0K6.4K$99.15
18Jasminka BalderacchiPathologyNY$621.9K6.3K$98.36
19Weijian ZhuPathologyGA$583.9K6.9K$84.14
20Catherine LeeDermatologyCA$582.3K5.6K$104.20
21Darren HarrisPathologyGA$576.5K6.7K$85.45
22Quantum Pathology, LlcClinical LaboratoryMA$555.9K5.5K$101.14
23Cohen Dermatopathology, P.C.Clinical LaboratoryMA$478.3K5.1K$94.49
24Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, PllcClinical LaboratoryTX$457.9K5.3K$86.92
25Hadia AtaPathologyNJ$450.5K4.6K$98.36

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$12.1M204.8K506$24.0K
NY$10.5M149.2K428$24.6K
CA$10.5M148.2K733$14.3K
GA$8.3M111.5K244$34.0K
TX$5.7M98.3K581$9.7K
NJ$4.5M60.0K171$26.4K
AR$2.9M60.9K87$33.5K
MD$2.7M36.7K129$21.3K
MA$2.7M39.5K237$11.3K
PA$2.4M41.4K315$7.6K
TN$1.9M35.9K196$9.9K
AZ$1.9M27.6K146$13.1K
IL$1.7M33.8K307$5.7K
NC$1.2M24.2K189$6.5K
OH$1.2M23.7K233$5.3K
VA$1.2M23.1K120$9.7K
SC$1.1M21.8K151$7.4K
AL$865.8K15.0K101$8.6K
CT$752.3K11.4K81$9.3K
WI$691.9K16.4K153$4.5K
WA$682.1K12.6K147$4.6K
LA$604.7K13.4K102$5.9K
MO$550.4K13.4K147$3.7K
MI$519.9K11.3K165$3.2K
CO$431.3K9.5K114$3.8K
UT$408.0K6.6K55$7.4K
OK$364.5K9.1K57$6.4K
IN$331.2K8.8K116$2.9K
OR$326.6K6.8K69$4.7K
KS$294.4K8.0K73$4.0K

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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.