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Pathologist Consultation During Surgery

Massachusetts 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 9 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$64.57$39.81 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$37.15 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $32 to $158Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $29 to $155
$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $65

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$177.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$58.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$275.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$131.83

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$64.57

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.