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Pathologist Consultation During Surgery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 88329

This is a consultation from a pathologist while a surgery is still underway, giving the surgical team real-time guidance based on an initial look at removed tissue. It is a general service that can lead to further, more detailed tissue examination during the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pathologist Consultation During Surgery cost?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$53.70$40.74 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$48.98 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $40 to $148Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $29 to $120
$20$50$100$200facility $69professional $54

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
$26.30
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$120.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Minnesota than in Arizona. 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$53.70

MN $89.13AZ $34.67

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.