Based on public Medicaid payment data.

Average Medicaid Pathology & Lab Services Payments in Boston, MA: $40.13

Avg. Paid

$40.13

Range

$0.00 – $223.73

Total Claims

601,985

Providers

317

Typical Payment Range

Typical Medicaid Pathology & Lab Services payments fall between $21.67 and $50.06 per claim (median: $34.23). The top 10% of payments exceed $74.70.

Based on per-provider averages across all Medicaid claims in this category.

Laboratory testing and analysis of tissue, blood, and other specimens for diagnostic purposes. Includes surgical pathology and clinical laboratory tests.

Understanding these costs

The amounts shown are Medicaid reimbursement rates — what state Medicaid programs paid providers per claim. Medicaid typically pays well below private insurance rates and out-of-pocket prices. Use this data to compare relative costs between providers, not as a price estimate for privately insured or self-pay patients.

Providers Offering Pathology & Lab Services in Boston, MA

Provider	Avg. Paid	Claims	Patients
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. 330 Brookline Ave	$28.40	39,914	38,645
Boston Medical Center Corporation 1 Boston Medical Ctr Pl	$23.97	38,860	37,161
Tufts Medical Center, Inc. 800 Washington St	$20.09	24,048	22,782
Dermpath New England, Llc 1380 Soldiers Field Rd Ste 3800	$28.55	18,153	14,913
Bela Andras Horvath 55 Fruit St	$81.80	15,432	13,589
Sandra R. Cerda 670 Albany St	$41.56	15,008	14,088
Children'S Hospital Corporation 300 Longwood Ave	$73.55	14,623	13,582
The General Hospital Corporation 55 Fruit St	$19.16	14,254	8,584
Elizabeth Marie Rinehart 75 Francis Street	$39.51	12,841	11,219
Brigham & Womens Hospital, Inc. 75 Francis St	$25.29	10,689	7,187
Carmen D. Sarita-Reyes 670 Albany St Ste 304	$38.25	10,529	9,103
Qing Zhao 670 Albany St	$29.08	9,489	7,753
Robert W Pistey 670 Albany St Ste 304	$27.58	7,721	6,897
Zhichun Lu 670 Albany Street	$28.26	7,386	5,986
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. 450 Brookline Ave	$123.78	6,735	5,522
Beverly Elizabeth Faulkner-Jones 330 Brookline Ave	$33.37	6,681	5,354
Tao Zuo 670 Albany St Ste 304	$26.32	6,551	5,697
Wesley R Samore Massachusetts General Hospital	$37.83	6,474	5,986
Sara Higgins 670 Albany Street	$29.87	6,412	4,802
Michelle X. Yang 800 Washington St	$39.11	6,349	6,268
Austin G Turner 800 Washington St # 836	$27.15	6,269	5,012
Dominique Pierre Coco 75 Francis St	$24.27	6,029	4,918
Foundation Medicine, Inc. 400 Summer St	$31.42	5,467	5,323
Larry L Wang 300 Longwood Ave	$69.29	5,249	5,015
Jeffrey D Goldsmith Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr	$155.43	5,076	4,936
Eric Jason Burks 670 Albany Street	$28.89	4,491	4,006
Alexandra E Kovach 300 Longwood Ave	$64.32	4,389	3,720
Ha Thanh Nishino Massachusetts General Hospital	$25.83	4,386	3,552
Jacob R. Bledsoe 300 Longwood Ave	$27.33	4,145	3,853
David Ilan Suster 330 Brookline Ave	$71.22	4,118	3,802
Candice Elizabeth Brem 609 Albany Street	$24.23	4,109	4,053
Svetlana Kondratiev 75 Francis St	$29.98	3,723	3,360
Sharon Song 75 Francis St	$30.27	3,709	3,485
Yineng Fu Bidmc/Dept Of Pathology	$24.71	3,652	2,918
Shivali Poonit Marketkar 330 Brookline Ave	$99.00	3,624	3,401
Drucilla Jane Roberts 55 Fruit St	$53.37	3,562	3,546
Haihui Liao 55 Fruit St	$33.13	3,426	2,803
Nada Farhat 800 Washington St	$36.71	3,405	3,093
Daniel Williams Rust 750 Washington St	$50.54	3,388	3,059
Alessandra F Nascimento 75 Francis Street	$28.71	3,370	2,753
Agoston Agoston 75 Francis St	$36.23	3,321	3,284
Pavel Kopach 670 Albany St Ste 304	$26.09	3,274	2,433
John L Niles 101 Merrimac St	$16.51	3,195	3,113
Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary 243 Charles St	$28.99	3,180	2,396
Xuefei Hong 75 Francis St	$29.92	3,160	3,086
Gunnlaugur Petur Nielsen 55 Fruit St Wrn 2	$18.29	3,087	2,978
Alexander Christakis 75 Francis St	$95.79	3,065	2,922
Julia M Braza Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	$54.77	3,055	3,032
Olivier Nicolas Kocher Beth Israel Hospital	$30.04	2,980	2,802
Yiqin Xiong 670 Albany Street	$43.49	2,919	1,514

What to Expect: Pathology & Lab Services

Pathology services happen behind the scenes after a specimen is collected. A pathologist examines tissue under a microscope or runs specialized tests. Results for simple blood tests are available in hours to days. Surgical pathology results (biopsies, surgical specimens) typically take 3-7 days. Special stains or molecular tests may take longer.

Cost Components

National average Medicaid payment per billing code. Individual rates vary by provider and state.

Code	Description	Avg. Paid	Claims	Providers
88305	Surgical pathology level IV	$43.26	33,352,065	19,029
88175	Cytopathology ThinPrep	$15.65	17,357,978	3,878
88342	Immunohistochemistry 1st	$31.10	4,789,088	7,877
88304	Surgical pathology level III	$16.71	3,866,853	7,943
88307	Surgical pathology level V	$64.86	3,481,099	7,457
88312	Special stains group I	$44.11	2,331,523	3,354
88313	Special stains group II	$36.51	1,714,455	2,520
88341	Immunohistochemistry each	$61.75	1,105,147	2,700
88112	Cytopathology selective cell	$22.38	1,090,548	2,321
88185	Flow cytometry each addl	$127.67	495,262	404
88184	Flow cytometry 1st marker	$32.07	461,077	409
88300	Surgical pathology gross	$9.56	452,431	1,569
88311	Decalcification procedure	$6.06	406,574	1,598
88108	Cytopathology concentrate	$16.61	329,898	1,088
88189	Flow cytometry 16+ markers	$39.42	282,439	711
88173	Cytopathology eval FNA interp	$47.98	282,106	840
88360	Morphometric tumor analysis	$53.44	252,520	408
88302	Surgical pathology gross micro	$13.57	223,940	1,364
88291	Cytogenetics interpret report	$13.78	103,955	162
88187	Flow cytometry 2-8 markers	$24.34	97,065	100
88230	Tissue culture lymphocyte	$53.53	80,629	70
88262	Chromosome analysis 15-20	$57.97	80,420	78
88237	Tissue culture bone marrow	$57.33	72,765	97
88374	Morphometric analysis tumor IHC	$97.11	72,021	44
88172	Cytopathology eval FNA	$37.75	67,493	203
88377	Morphometric analysis tumor ISH	$107.24	66,832	109
88365	In situ hybridization (FISH)	$72.18	65,175	65
88346	Immunofluorescence each	$26.70	54,893	168
88104	Cytopathology fluids	$16.11	52,729	180
88271	Chromosome banding	$43.42	48,982	82
88321	Pathology consultation	$41.03	47,344	181
88361	In situ hybridization (ISH)	$92.47	47,059	33
88182	Flow cytometry cell cycle	$70.61	44,055	27
88264	Chromosome analysis 20-25 amni	$53.10	37,283	61
88356	Morphometric analysis nerve	$124.76	32,297	13
88275	Chromosome fragility study	$48.60	30,698	60
88325	Pathology consultation comprehensive	$69.99	30,582	13
88331	Frozen section pathology	$52.63	21,424	126
88314	Histochemical staining	$53.49	20,120	18
88188	Flow cytometry 9-15 markers	$40.72	19,664	137
88280	Chromosome karyotype study	$17.32	19,562	50
88348	Electron microscopy	$65.31	16,368	79
88323	Pathology consultation complex	$38.58	13,633	40
88235	Tissue culture fetal skin	$71.81	13,315	16
88364	In situ hybridization addl	$76.37	13,135	26
88285	Chromosome add karyotype	$11.45	12,275	14
88274	Chromosome analysis interphase	$28.54	11,282	16
88309	Surgical pathology level VI	$113.10	10,091	54
88267	Chromosome analysis amniotic	$87.99	8,794	5
88289	Chromosome add study	$12.31	8,572	15
88367	Morphometric in situ hybrid	$39.30	7,779	14
88373	Morphometric analysis quant	$23.36	7,057	7
88160	Cytopathology smear other	$26.96	4,211	40
88333	Cytopathology FNA addl site	$23.14	4,140	43
88368	Morphometric analysis manual	$20.87	3,481	29
88261	Chromosome analysis 50-100	$199.31	2,814	10
88233	Tissue culture skin/biopsy	$75.17	2,536	3
88369	Morphometric analysis computer	$20.89	2,159	21
88363	Exam & select tissue FISH	$5.90	1,717	20
88161	Cytopathology smear prep	$45.02	1,545	14
88269	Chromosome analysis chorionic	$90.29	1,392	2
88366	FISH each addl probe	$55.73	782	6
88332	Frozen section addl tissue	$117.88	742	2
88329	Pathology consultation clinical	$12.50	475	16
88334	Cytopathology FNA addl eval	$21.28	371	11
88272	Chromosome high resolution	$12.79	157	1
88239	Tissue culture tumor	$0.00	118	1
88355	Morphometric analysis bone	$0.00	109	1
88263	Chromosome analysis 20-25	$76.05	65	1
88273	Chromosome analysis count only	$0.00	13	1
88283	Chromosome banding high res	—	—	—
88362	Nerve teasing preparation	—	—	—

These are national Medicaid averages for each billing code. Actual amounts vary by state, provider, and complexity.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Pathology & Lab Services cost in Boston, MA?

Based on public Medicaid payment data, the average Medicaid reimbursement for Pathology & Lab Services in Boston, MA is $40.13 per claim, based on 601,985 claims from 317 providers. Typical payments fall between $21.67 and $50.06. Note: Medicaid rates are typically much lower than private insurance or self-pay prices.

How many providers offer Pathology & Lab Services in Boston, MA?

There are 317 Medicaid providers offering Pathology & Lab Services related services in Boston, MA according to public payment data.

What is the price range for Pathology & Lab Services in Boston, MA?

Medicaid reimbursement for Pathology & Lab Services in Boston, MA ranges from $0.00 to $223.73 per claim, with an average of $40.13. Private insurance and self-pay costs are typically higher than these Medicaid rates.

Average Medicaid Pathology & Lab Services Payments in Boston, MA: $40.13

Providers Offering Pathology & Lab Services in Boston, MA

What to Expect: Pathology & Lab Services

Cost Components

Frequently Asked Questions

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