Medicare spending analysis for Slide Preparation Facility providers
Slide Preparation Facility accounts for $31.2M in Medicare payments across 164 providers.
The specialty's average markup of 2.7x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $5.1M | 182.0K | 25 | — |
| 2015 | $5.2M | 173.6K | 24 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | $4.6M | 153.2K | 24 | -11.7% |
| 2017 | $3.3M | 129.9K | 21 | -27.2% |
| 2018 | $2.8M | 108.8K | 16 | -15.1% |
| 2019 | $2.9M | 104.8K | 14 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | $2.0M | 68.9K | 12 | -30.4% |
| 2021 | $2.0M | 64.5K | 10 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | $1.7M | 52.1K | 9 | -17.4% |
| 2023 | $1.6M | 46.9K | 9 | -6.8% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borsting Laboratories, Inc | CA | $790.1K | 20.7K | $38.08 |
| 2 | Histo-Path Technical Specialties, Inc | CA | $370.4K | 13.1K | $28.31 |
| 3 | Histology Corp | IL | $118.6K | 3.9K | $30.17 |
| 4 | Spokane Digestive Disease Center, P.S. | WA | $114.7K | 3.7K | $30.69 |
| 5 | Hemateck Llc | CA | $84.3K | 2.6K | $32.43 |
| 6 | Western Washington Medical Group, Inc Ps | WA | $38.8K | 1.4K | $26.98 |
| 7 | Robert Walker | IL | $21.8K | 793 | $27.43 |
| 8 | Independent Histology Service Llc | UT | $14.0K | 582 | $24.07 |
| 9 | Associated Pathology Medical Group, Inc | CA | $1.1K | 17 | $64.65 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88305 | Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity | $1.5M | 45.5K | $31.98 |
| 88312 | Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report | $88.3K | 1.2K | $72.95 |
| 88313 | Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report | $8.9K | 174 | $51.41 |
| 88304 | Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity | $503.10 | 19 | $26.48 |
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.