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Medicare Tennessee · CY2024

Who bills the most Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity (88304) to Medicare in Tennessee?

Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS
49
Billing groups
14,697
Named-group FFS services
$1,342,400
Named-group submitted charges
$91
Avg charge / service
$18
Avg allowed / service
50%
Top-5 concentration
2%
Independent share

49 physician groups billed Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity (88304) to Medicare fee-for-service in Tennessee in 2024; the top five named groups hold 50% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 2%.

88304 — Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity · Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners PUF (Part B), CY2024 release. Medicare fee-for-service only.

Snapshot covers the whole Tennessee market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).

Payer-mix context

Medicare fee-for-service covers 47% of Medicare in Tennessee; Medicare Advantage penetration 42% → 53% since 2020.

Market structure — concentration, independent share, and the consolidation trend for this market — is part of the market analytics platform — built, not launched yet. Notify me at launch →
#Physician groupCityStSpecialty Providers 88304 svcs Share*Phone
1 ASSOCIATED PATHOLOGISTS, LLC NASHVILLETNPATHOLOGY 135 4,291 19.9% (615) 221-4400
2 COMMUNITY PATHOLOGY LABORATORY LLC COOKEVILLETNPATHOLOGY 4 861 4.0% (931) 528-2836
3 PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF ST THOMAS NASHVILLETNPATHOLOGY 9 820 3.8% 61529841002098
4 ACLA PC NASHVILLETNPATHOLOGY 12 768 3.6% (615) 284-5229
5 DERMATOPATHOLOGY PARTNERS PC KNOXVILLETNPATHOLOGY 8 634 2.9%
6 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NASHVILLETNNURSE PRACTITIONER 3394 550 2.6% (615) 322-5000
7 INNOVATIVE PATHOLOGY SERVICES PLLC KNOXVILLETNPATHOLOGY 11 529 2.5% (865) 522-7591
8 JACKSON PATHOLOGY GROUP A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION JACKSONTNPATHOLOGY 6 513 2.4% (731) 541-6026
9 EAST TENNESSEE PATHOLOGY, PLLC MORRISTOWNTNPATHOLOGY 6 462 2.1% (423) 586-4231
10 THE PATHOLOGY GROUP PC MEMPHISTNPATHOLOGY 5 403 1.9% (801) 765-2731
11 WATAUGA PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES PC JOHNSON CITYTNPATHOLOGY 12 400 1.9% (423) 431-1310
12 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS MEDICAL GROUP INC CLEVELANDTNNURSE PRACTITIONER 2232 357 1.7%
13 BLOUNT PATHOLOGIST PLLC MARYVILLETNPATHOLOGY 4 330 1.5% (865) 981-2335
14 UNIVERSITY PATHOLOGISTS, P.C. KNOXVILLETNPATHOLOGY 11 312 1.4% (931) 858-6303
15 SAGIS PLLC HOUSTONTNPATHOLOGY 28 270 1.3% (877) 697-2447
16 DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY SERV PC CHATTANOOGATNPATHOLOGY 11 267 1.2% (423) 624-6623
17 DUKE HEALTH INTEGRATED PRACTICE INC DURHAMTNPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 3051 245 1.1% (919) 684-8111
18 FORWARD PATHOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC RICHMONDTNPATHOLOGY 26 215 1.0% (804) 289-4852
19 MOUNTAIN AREA PATHOLOGY PA ASHEVILLETNPATHOLOGY 13 209 1.0% (828) 213-1111
20 ENDEAVOR HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP EVANSTONTNNURSE PRACTITIONER 3380 193 0.9%
21 SUMMIT PATHOLOGY LOVELANDTNPATHOLOGY 26 189 0.9% (970) 212-0530
22 DRS CLACK SPENCER WHITE AND MCCORMACK PA SARASOTATNPATHOLOGY 13 186 0.9% (941) 362-8900
23 HIGHLANDS PATHOLOGY CONSULTANTS, P.C. KINGSPORTTNPATHOLOGY 6 171 0.8% (423) 224-6700
24 PATHOLOGY SPECIALISTS OF MEMPHIS PC MEMPHISTNPATHOLOGY 15 136 0.6% (901) 516-7182
25 MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS ORANGEBURGTNNURSE PRACTITIONER 1307 121 0.6% (803) 395-3400
26 CUMBERLAND PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES PLLC CLARKSVILLETNPATHOLOGY 4 119 0.6% (931) 551-1735
27 KNOXVILLE INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY PLLC KNOXVILLETNPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 11 107 0.5% (865) 450-9361
28 MID-SOUTH DERMATOLOGY, PC BARTLETTTNPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 9 102 0.5% (901) 372-4545
29 DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER DU BOISTNPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 416 98 0.5%
30 SPRING HILL DERMATOLOGY PLC MURFREESBOROTNPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 11 89 0.4% (615) 624-5050
31 BALL DERMPATH PA GREENSBOROTNPATHOLOGY 4 74 0.3% (336) 609-6240
32 VIA AFFILIATES DOYLESTOWNTNPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 206 74 0.3% (215) 230-0600
33 INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES - PATHOLOGY FAIRFAXTNPATHOLOGY 45 72 0.3% (703) 391-3600
34 THE EMORY CLINIC INC ATLANTATNNURSE PRACTITIONER 3484 61 0.3% (404) 778-7525
35 METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL AUTHORITY NASHVILLETNINTERNAL MEDICINE 50 51 0.2% (615) 341-4000
36 LAKEWAY DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES PC MORRISTOWNTNPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 5 44 0.2% (423) 587-4600
37 INTEGRATED REGIONAL LABORATORIES PATHOLOGY SERVICES, LLC ATLANTISTNPATHOLOGY 133 42 0.2% (561) 548-3639
38 PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES INC PC FLINTTNPATHOLOGY 3 41 0.2% (810) 262-9134
39 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC BURLINGTONTNPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 1194 36 0.2% (802) 847-0000
40 FIRSTPATH LLC FORT LAUDERDALETNPATHOLOGY 10 35 0.2% (954) 355-5569
41 AUSTIN PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES TYLERTNPATHOLOGY 72 33 0.2% (903) 593-8441
42 WILMINGTON PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES PA WILMINGTONTNPATHOLOGY 9 33 0.2% (910) 362-9511
43 THE WEST CLINIC P.C. GERMANTOWNTNNURSE PRACTITIONER 113 33 0.2% (901) 683-0055
44 SOUTH TEXAS PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES LLP SAN ANTONIOTNPATHOLOGY 25 29 0.1% (210) 558-6288
45 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL CHAPEL HILLTNNURSE PRACTITIONER 2120 29 0.1% (984) 215-5556
46 PATHOLOGY SPECIALISTS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN PC DETROITTNPATHOLOGY 11 20 0.1% (313) 343-4000
47 TRICITIES SKIN AND CANCER. JOHNSON CITYTNDERMATOLOGY 15 18 0.1% (423) 929-7546
48 DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.C. KINGSPORTTNDERMATOLOGY 26 13 0.1% (423) 246-4961
49 SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION MEMPHISTNPATHOLOGY 25 12 0.1% (901) 545-7259

*Share of Tennessee's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for 88304, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing 88304 in Tennessee — 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 →