Based on public Medicaid payment data.

Average Medicaid Pathology & Lab Services Payments in San Francisco, CA: $49.09

Avg. Paid

$49.09

Range

$0.00 – $197.90

Total Claims

204,024

Providers

148

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 San Francisco, CA

Provider	Avg. Paid	Claims	Patients
University Of California San Francisco Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave	$113.46	14,083	10,432
Ucsf Dermatopathology Service 1701 Divisadero St	$96.78	12,530	11,795
City & County Of San Francisco 1001 Potrero Ave	$26.92	9,448	8,964
Sutter West Bay Hospitals 2333 Buchanan Street	$0.09	9,421	8,158
Michael Deftos 2455 39Th Ave	$11.96	8,825	5,395
Sutter Bay Hospitals 601 Duboce Ave	$25.77	7,522	6,852
Nicholas Peter Lau 400 Parnassus Ave	$45.55	6,390	6,108
Andrew Joseph Bandy 1805 Fillmore St Apt 304	$34.74	6,119	4,124
Mojgan Hosseini-Varnamkhasti 505 Parnassus Ave	$48.36	5,779	4,566
Ian Mathias Jaffee 3700 California St	$47.26	5,444	4,436
Zhen Yan 505 Parnassus Ave	$33.04	5,426	3,465
Invitae Corporation 1400 16Th St	$36.18	5,361	4,495
Kent Truong 500 Parnassus Ave	$27.10	5,007	3,276
John C. Moretto 3700 California St	$26.88	4,885	4,018
Teresa M Darragh 1600 Divisadero St	$45.70	4,612	4,322
Won-Tak Choi 505 Parnassus Ave # M552	$87.21	3,522	2,443
Neda Mirzamani Ucsf Medical Center	$8.94	3,226	2,281
Thaddeus Mully 400 Parnassus Ave	$66.99	3,059	2,775
Maria Mercedes Patino 3700 California St	$29.14	2,863	2,217
Heba Samir Kamal 3700 California St	$29.07	2,816	2,176
Daniel Edward Roberts 400 Parnassus Ave	$48.39	2,799	2,647
Richard Garcia-Kennedy 3700 California St	$33.08	2,494	1,551
Laura B Pincus 1701 Divisadero St	$66.23	2,467	2,228
Sarah E Umetsu 185 Berry St	$85.62	2,450	1,558
Ursula E Lang 1701 Divisadero St Rm 280	$57.00	2,192	2,150
Amy Suzanne Joehlin-Price 400 Parnassus Ave	$42.69	2,110	1,911
Kwun Wah Wen 505 Parnassus Ave	$87.41	2,072	1,376
Judith Ann Doyle 1101 Van Ness Ave	$29.93	1,936	1,519
Cynthia Ann Gasper 1001 Potrero Avenue, Bldg 3, 1St Floor	$47.91	1,887	1,650
Rebecca Spies 505 Parnassus Ave	$37.65	1,818	1,766
University Of California San Francisco 400 Parnassus Ave	$23.38	1,647	1,519
Anatoly Urisman 505 Parnassus Ave	$42.55	1,629	1,540
Philip Emanuel Leboit 1701 Divisadero St	$65.80	1,555	1,418
Richard C.K. Jordan 513 Parnassus Ave	$58.11	1,478	1,436
David Park 505 Parnassus Ave	$28.82	1,470	1,460
Nafis Shafizadeh Ucsf Dept Of Pathology 505 Parnassus Ave	$22.63	1,466	977
Beth Ellen Silverman-Ruben 1701 Divisadero St # 280	$32.23	1,447	1,416
Nancy Mostafa Joseph 505 Parnassus Ave # M-580	$83.97	1,433	962
James Craig Mathews 350 Saint Josephs Ave	$19.60	1,411	1,403
Sutter Bay Hospitals 1101 Van Ness Ave	$24.70	1,353	1,297
Joseph Thomas Rabban 505 Parnassus Ave	$74.03	1,267	1,078
Bonnie L Balzer 3700 California St	$40.15	1,249	1,128
Han Sung Lee 505 Parnassus Ave	$39.47	1,213	874
Shuling Zheng 4150 Clement St	$27.37	1,204	1,018
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 2425 Geary Blvd	$117.41	1,187	1,177
Gioia Iezza 1600 Divisadero St	$43.18	1,111	1,023
William J. Karlon 185 Berry St	$106.44	1,073	967
Mamatha Chivukula 1825 4Th St	$46.56	1,057	1,003
Dana Balitzer 505 Parnassus Ave	$88.37	1,027	781
Lucy Han 1101 Van Ness Ave	$40.67	1,015	827

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 San Francisco, CA?

Based on public Medicaid payment data, the average Medicaid reimbursement for Pathology & Lab Services in San Francisco, CA is $49.09 per claim, based on 204,024 claims from 148 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 San Francisco, CA?

There are 148 Medicaid providers offering Pathology & Lab Services related services in San Francisco, CA according to public payment data.

What is the price range for Pathology & Lab Services in San Francisco, CA?

Medicaid reimbursement for Pathology & Lab Services in San Francisco, CA ranges from $0.00 to $197.90 per claim, with an average of $49.09. Private insurance and self-pay costs are typically higher than these Medicaid rates.

Average Medicaid Pathology & Lab Services Payments in San Francisco, CA: $49.09

Providers Offering Pathology & Lab Services in San Francisco, CA

What to Expect: Pathology & Lab Services

Cost Components

Frequently Asked Questions

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