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Extended Pathologist Consultation, Extra Time

California rates for HCPCS 80506

Additional time a pathologist spends on a consultation requested by the treating doctor, reviewing laboratory results, records and slides and writing an interpretation, when the work runs well beyond the usual length. It is billed in addition to the main consultation, for each further block of time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extended Pathologist Consultation, Extra Time cost?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $31.62 to $85.11.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $26 to $288
$20$50$100$200professional $40

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$138.04
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$89.13
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$77.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$112.20
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$125.89

Where California sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 23rd of 51

$39.81

MN $87.10DE $26.92

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.