Who bills the most Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity (88305) to Medicare in Montana?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS9 physician groups billed Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity (88305) to Medicare fee-for-service in Montana in 2024; 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 Montana market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).
Medicare fee-for-service covers 70% of Medicare in Montana; Medicare Advantage penetration 21% → 30% since 2020.
| # | Physician group | City | St | Specialty | Providers | 88305 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BILLINGS CLINIC | BILLINGS | MT | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 811 | 8,133 | 14.4% | (406) 657-4000 |
| 2 | PATHOLOGY CONSULTANTS OF WESTERN MONTANA PC | MISSOULA | MT | PATHOLOGY | 2 | 6,338 | 11.2% | (406) 728-4100 |
| 3 | GLACIER REGIONAL PATHOLOGY, LTD | KALISPELL | MT | PATHOLOGY | 3 | 5,959 | 10.5% | (406) 752-1789 |
| 4 | YELLOWSTONE PATHOLOGISTS PC | BOZEMAN | MT | PATHOLOGY | 7 | 4,410 | 7.8% | (406) 585-1004 |
| 5 | BENEFIS HOSPITALS INC | GREAT FALLS | MT | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 400 | 3,409 | 6.0% | (406) 455-5000 |
| 6 | HELENA LABORATORY PHYSICIANS | HELENA | MT | PATHOLOGY | 2 | 3,209 | 5.7% | (406) 502-1541 |
| 7 | DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES PLLP | KALISPELL | MT | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 9 | 2,375 | 4.2% | (406) 755-7555 |
| 8 | ASSOCIATED DERMATOLOGY AND SKIN CANCER CLINIC OF HELENA PC | HELENA | MT | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 5 | 1,414 | 2.5% | (406) 442-3534 |
| 9 | TERESA MANN MD PC | BOZEMAN | MT | DERMATOLOGY | 5 | 412 | 0.7% | (406) 586-7873 |
*Share of Montana'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 Montana — 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 →