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Pathologist Consultation During Surgery

Maine 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 Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $39.81 to $77.62.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $30 to $100
$20$50$100professional $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
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$138.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$147.91

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 17th 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.