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Pathologist Consultation During Surgery

Oregon 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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$60.26$43.65 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$47.86 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $35 to $112Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $32 to $115
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $62professional $60

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
$31.62
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$112.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$173.78
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$151.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$109.65

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 11th of 51

$61.66

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.