Who bills the most Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity (88305) to Medicare in Mississippi?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS24 physician groups billed Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity (88305) to Medicare fee-for-service in Mississippi in 2024; the top five named groups hold 50% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 0%.
88305 — Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity · Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners PUF (Part B), CY2024 release. Medicare fee-for-service only.
Snapshot covers the whole Mississippi market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).
Medicare fee-for-service covers 56% of Medicare in Mississippi; Medicare Advantage penetration 24% → 44% since 2020.
| # | Physician group | City | St | Specialty | Providers | 88305 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HATTIESBURG CLINIC PA | HATTIESBURG | MS | FAMILY PRACTICE | 530 | 7,585 | 6.2% | (601) 264-6000 |
| 2 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER | JACKSON | MS | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 951 | 5,243 | 4.3% | (601) 815-4775 |
| 3 | SOUTH COAST PATHOLOGY SERVICES LTD | BILOXI | MS | PATHOLOGY | 4 | 4,941 | 4.0% | (228) 432-1571 |
| 4 | MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC | MERIDIAN | MS | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 198 | 4,234 | 3.4% | (601) 484-6700 |
| 5 | ASSOCIATED PATHOLOGISTS, LLC | NASHVILLE | MS | PATHOLOGY | 135 | 4,211 | 3.4% | (615) 221-4400 |
| 6 | TUPELO PATHOLOGY GROUP, P.A. | TUPELO | MS | PATHOLOGY | 5 | 3,475 | 2.8% | (662) 377-3073 |
| 7 | HUB CARE PATHOLOGY, P.A. | HATTIESBURG | MS | PATHOLOGY | 10 | 3,336 | 2.7% | (601) 261-2587 |
| 8 | WESTMORELAND DERMATOLOGY AND SURGERY CENTER, PA | COLUMBUS | MS | DERMATOLOGY | 4 | 3,228 | 2.6% | — |
| 9 | DAVID B ROY DO PA | HATTIESBURG | MS | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 11 | 3,075 | 2.5% | (601) 475-9968 |
| 10 | GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES OF COLUMBUS, PA | COLUMBUS | MS | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 10 | 2,850 | 2.3% | (662) 327-7525 |
| 11 | INTEGRATED REGIONAL LABORATORIES PATHOLOGY SERVICES, LLC | ATLANTIS | MS | PATHOLOGY | 133 | 2,139 | 1.7% | (561) 548-3639 |
| 12 | PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, LLC | JACKSON | MS | PATHOLOGY | 4 | 1,761 | 1.4% | (601) 200-3840 |
| 13 | PATHOLOGY SPECIALISTS OF MEMPHIS PC | MEMPHIS | MS | PATHOLOGY | 15 | 901 | 0.7% | (901) 516-7182 |
| 14 | USA PATHOLOGY PLLC | SHERMAN | MS | PATHOLOGY | 6 | 901 | 0.7% | (903) 328-2029 |
| 15 | RUFFOLO HOOPER AND ASSOCIATES MD PA | TAMPA | MS | PATHOLOGY | 44 | 847 | 0.7% | (813) 971-6000 |
| 16 | SOUTHEASTERN PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES PC | BRUNSWICK | MS | PATHOLOGY | 46 | 833 | 0.7% | 91226126691205 |
| 17 | THE DELTA PATHOLOGY GROUP LLC | SHREVEPORT | MS | PATHOLOGY | 28 | 681 | 0.6% | (318) 364-2000 |
| 18 | KINGS DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER | BROOKHAVEN | MS | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 76 | 666 | 0.5% | (601) 833-6011 |
| 19 | PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES INC | SOUTH DENNIS | MS | ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | 1373 | 643 | 0.5% | (508) 385-4212 |
| 20 | DU PAGE PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES SC | HINSDALE | MS | PATHOLOGY | 10 | 384 | 0.3% | (630) 856-9000 |
| 21 | TEMPLE FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN INC | PHILADELPHIA | MS | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 1330 | 355 | 0.3% | — |
| 22 | WELLSTAR MEDICAL GROUP LLC | MARIETTA | MS | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 3060 | 196 | 0.2% | (770) 422-2004 |
| 23 | BETHANY R HAIRSTON MD | COLUMBUS | MS | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 4 | 175 | 0.1% | (662) 328-3375 |
| 24 | MAGNOLIA GASTROENTEROLOGY CLINIC LLC | CORINTH | MS | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 5 | 133 | 0.1% | (662) 284-9902 |
*Share of Mississippi's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for 88305, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing 88305 in Mississippi — including groups registered elsewhere ("City" is each group's registered location). Group figures sum clinicians affiliated with exactly one group; clinicians in several groups are listed in each group's drill-down but not volume-attributed to any single group.
How to read this. Figures are Medicare fee-for-service only — not all-payer — from the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners Public Use File (Part B), CY2024 release. CMS suppresses any provider×code row under 11 beneficiaries, so a missing group means "suppressed," never zero. "Charges" are provider-submitted amounts, not payments. Groups are ranked by measured service volume attributed to clinicians in exactly one group — clinicians affiliated with several groups are listed in rosters but never volume-attributed to a single group — a direct read of the public record, not a rating or quality score. Full method: Methods & Sources.
Comparing against an all-payer estimate?
These are exact counts from Medicare fee-for-service claims — roughly a third to half of most procedure markets, depending on payer mix. Modeled all-payer databases project the remainder statistically; we publish the audited floor and label it as such. Same market, different denominator. How the numbers reconcile →