Based on public Medicaid payment data.

Average Medicaid Pathology & Lab Services Payments in Buffalo, NY: $37.81

Avg. Paid

$37.81

Range

$13.85 – $84.41

Total Claims

133,534

Providers

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 Buffalo, NY

Provider	Avg. Paid	Claims	Patients
Kaleida Health 100 High St	$31.46	18,935	18,809
Quest Diagnostics Of Pennsylvania Inc. 1 Sylvan Pkwy	$45.95	16,171	16,107
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Elm And Carlton St	$38.77	10,811	10,016
Kaleida Health 818 Ellicott St	$26.12	8,788	8,752
Kaleida Health 100 High St	$37.41	6,599	6,567
Rafal Kozielski 219 Bryant St	$33.51	6,498	6,446
Abdur Khan 100 High St	$19.85	5,667	5,636
Sisters Of Charity Hospital Of Buffalo New York 2157 Main St	$21.35	3,920	3,546
Yousef Soofi 100 High St	$29.89	3,454	3,326
Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo 565 Abbott Rd	$25.86	3,299	2,939
Barbara Stefanick 2157 Main St	$51.41	3,158	3,141
Erie County Medical Center Corporation 462 Grider St	$73.47	3,139	3,099
Jia Zhao 2157 Main St	$50.14	3,119	3,111
Mohamed Zeid 2157 Main St	$50.39	2,894	2,875
Hassan Nakhla 115 Flint Rd	$37.58	2,793	2,739
Michael S Albert 565 Abbott Rd	$30.82	2,566	2,555
Ying Huang 100 High St	$36.06	2,465	2,433
Theodore C Ondracek 100 High St	$35.77	2,340	2,291
Paul Bogner Elm And Carlton Streets	$37.89	2,188	2,143
Jinrong Cheng 100 High St	$82.13	2,110	2,102
Tieying Hou 100 High St	$68.62	2,098	1,869
Joyce Marie Paterson 100 High St	$39.74	1,995	1,941
Yan Hu 2157 Main St	$62.98	1,968	1,964
Jayalakshmi Panicker Balakrishna Elm And Carlton St	$24.09	1,784	1,663
Usha Chopra 565 Abbott Rd	$30.90	1,760	1,749
Brigid M Hannahoe 100 High St	$41.10	1,488	1,461
Peter G Maslak Elm And Carlton St	$19.33	1,453	1,177
Sirisa Kandel Amatya 100 High St	$35.22	1,331	1,309
Mehran Taherian 100 High St	$30.79	1,243	738
John Kasznica Elm And Carlton St	$51.41	830	822
Gregory G Freund Elm And Carlton Streets	$22.54	743	579
Donald Edward Higgs 462 Grider St	$30.11	738	727
John E Asirwatham 2157 Main St	$37.77	550	546
Rebecca Zipporah Ocque 565 Abbott Road	$37.34	542	537
Mary George 3 Gates Cir	$21.21	519	516
Hasan Khatib 565 Abbott Rd	$38.03	464	457
Kazunori Kanehira Elm And Carlton St	$33.09	424	401
Frank Chen 100 High St	$42.97	379	371
Charles Levea Elm And Carlton St	$65.53	347	345
Young T Zhou 2605 Harlem Rd	$46.70	307	304
Mohamed Mokhtar El Sayed Desouki Elm & Carlton Streets	$31.33	237	219
Alicia Vivian Goldenberg Elm And Carlton Streets	$36.13	230	230
Alexander M Truskinovsky Elm And Carlton St	$84.41	205	203
Shaozeng Zhang Elm And Carlton St	$40.51	111	100
J'Leise Sosa 520 Delaware Ave	$23.55	111	111
Janet Marie Fleck Elm And Carlton Streets	$21.71	102	88
Devi Jeyachandran Elm And Carlton St	$36.97	101	96
Claudiu V Cotta Elm And Carlton St	$31.47	95	83
Richard Cheney Elm And Carlton St	$24.59	76	76
Zahid Asgher Elm And Carlton St	$77.94	72	72

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 Buffalo, NY?

Based on public Medicaid payment data, the average Medicaid reimbursement for Pathology & Lab Services in Buffalo, NY is $37.81 per claim, based on 133,534 claims from 60 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 Buffalo, NY?

There are 60 Medicaid providers offering Pathology & Lab Services related services in Buffalo, NY according to public payment data.

What is the price range for Pathology & Lab Services in Buffalo, NY?

Medicaid reimbursement for Pathology & Lab Services in Buffalo, NY ranges from $13.85 to $84.41 per claim, with an average of $37.81. Private insurance and self-pay costs are typically higher than these Medicaid rates.

Average Medicaid Pathology & Lab Services Payments in Buffalo, NY: $37.81

Providers Offering Pathology & Lab Services in Buffalo, NY

What to Expect: Pathology & Lab Services

Cost Components

Frequently Asked Questions

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