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Pathologist Consultation During Surgery

Michigan 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $31.62 to $54.95.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $29 to $87
$20$50$100professional $45

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
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$97.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$100.00

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 31st of 51

$44.67

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.