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Pathologist Consultation During Surgery

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 4 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$39.81$26.92 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$63.10 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $55 to $115Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $26 to $72
$20$50$100facility $85professional $40

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
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 29th 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.