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 CMS49 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).
Medicare fee-for-service covers 47% of Medicare in Tennessee; Medicare Advantage penetration 42% → 53% since 2020.
| # | Physician group | City | St | Specialty | Providers | 88304 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASSOCIATED PATHOLOGISTS, LLC | NASHVILLE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 135 | 4,291 | 19.9% | (615) 221-4400 |
| 2 | COMMUNITY PATHOLOGY LABORATORY LLC | COOKEVILLE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 4 | 861 | 4.0% | (931) 528-2836 |
| 3 | PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF ST THOMAS | NASHVILLE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 9 | 820 | 3.8% | 61529841002098 |
| 4 | ACLA PC | NASHVILLE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 12 | 768 | 3.6% | (615) 284-5229 |
| 5 | DERMATOPATHOLOGY PARTNERS PC | KNOXVILLE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 8 | 634 | 2.9% | — |
| 6 | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | NASHVILLE | TN | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 3394 | 550 | 2.6% | (615) 322-5000 |
| 7 | INNOVATIVE PATHOLOGY SERVICES PLLC | KNOXVILLE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 11 | 529 | 2.5% | (865) 522-7591 |
| 8 | JACKSON PATHOLOGY GROUP A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION | JACKSON | TN | PATHOLOGY | 6 | 513 | 2.4% | (731) 541-6026 |
| 9 | EAST TENNESSEE PATHOLOGY, PLLC | MORRISTOWN | TN | PATHOLOGY | 6 | 462 | 2.1% | (423) 586-4231 |
| 10 | THE PATHOLOGY GROUP PC | MEMPHIS | TN | PATHOLOGY | 5 | 403 | 1.9% | (801) 765-2731 |
| 11 | WATAUGA PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES PC | JOHNSON CITY | TN | PATHOLOGY | 12 | 400 | 1.9% | (423) 431-1310 |
| 12 | UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS MEDICAL GROUP INC | CLEVELAND | TN | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 2232 | 357 | 1.7% | — |
| 13 | BLOUNT PATHOLOGIST PLLC | MARYVILLE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 4 | 330 | 1.5% | (865) 981-2335 |
| 14 | UNIVERSITY PATHOLOGISTS, P.C. | KNOXVILLE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 11 | 312 | 1.4% | (931) 858-6303 |
| 15 | SAGIS PLLC | HOUSTON | TN | PATHOLOGY | 28 | 270 | 1.3% | (877) 697-2447 |
| 16 | DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY SERV PC | CHATTANOOGA | TN | PATHOLOGY | 11 | 267 | 1.2% | (423) 624-6623 |
| 17 | DUKE HEALTH INTEGRATED PRACTICE INC | DURHAM | TN | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 3051 | 245 | 1.1% | (919) 684-8111 |
| 18 | FORWARD PATHOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC | RICHMOND | TN | PATHOLOGY | 26 | 215 | 1.0% | (804) 289-4852 |
| 19 | MOUNTAIN AREA PATHOLOGY PA | ASHEVILLE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 13 | 209 | 1.0% | (828) 213-1111 |
| 20 | ENDEAVOR HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP | EVANSTON | TN | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 3380 | 193 | 0.9% | — |
| 21 | SUMMIT PATHOLOGY | LOVELAND | TN | PATHOLOGY | 26 | 189 | 0.9% | (970) 212-0530 |
| 22 | DRS CLACK SPENCER WHITE AND MCCORMACK PA | SARASOTA | TN | PATHOLOGY | 13 | 186 | 0.9% | (941) 362-8900 |
| 23 | HIGHLANDS PATHOLOGY CONSULTANTS, P.C. | KINGSPORT | TN | PATHOLOGY | 6 | 171 | 0.8% | (423) 224-6700 |
| 24 | PATHOLOGY SPECIALISTS OF MEMPHIS PC | MEMPHIS | TN | PATHOLOGY | 15 | 136 | 0.6% | (901) 516-7182 |
| 25 | MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS | ORANGEBURG | TN | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 1307 | 121 | 0.6% | (803) 395-3400 |
| 26 | CUMBERLAND PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES PLLC | CLARKSVILLE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 4 | 119 | 0.6% | (931) 551-1735 |
| 27 | KNOXVILLE INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY PLLC | KNOXVILLE | TN | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 11 | 107 | 0.5% | (865) 450-9361 |
| 28 | MID-SOUTH DERMATOLOGY, PC | BARTLETT | TN | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 9 | 102 | 0.5% | (901) 372-4545 |
| 29 | DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | DU BOIS | TN | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 416 | 98 | 0.5% | — |
| 30 | SPRING HILL DERMATOLOGY PLC | MURFREESBORO | TN | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 11 | 89 | 0.4% | (615) 624-5050 |
| 31 | BALL DERMPATH PA | GREENSBORO | TN | PATHOLOGY | 4 | 74 | 0.3% | (336) 609-6240 |
| 32 | VIA AFFILIATES | DOYLESTOWN | TN | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 206 | 74 | 0.3% | (215) 230-0600 |
| 33 | INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES - PATHOLOGY | FAIRFAX | TN | PATHOLOGY | 45 | 72 | 0.3% | (703) 391-3600 |
| 34 | THE EMORY CLINIC INC | ATLANTA | TN | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 3484 | 61 | 0.3% | (404) 778-7525 |
| 35 | METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL AUTHORITY | NASHVILLE | TN | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 50 | 51 | 0.2% | (615) 341-4000 |
| 36 | LAKEWAY DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES PC | MORRISTOWN | TN | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 5 | 44 | 0.2% | (423) 587-4600 |
| 37 | INTEGRATED REGIONAL LABORATORIES PATHOLOGY SERVICES, LLC | ATLANTIS | TN | PATHOLOGY | 133 | 42 | 0.2% | (561) 548-3639 |
| 38 | PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES INC PC | FLINT | TN | PATHOLOGY | 3 | 41 | 0.2% | (810) 262-9134 |
| 39 | UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC | BURLINGTON | TN | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 1194 | 36 | 0.2% | (802) 847-0000 |
| 40 | FIRSTPATH LLC | FORT LAUDERDALE | TN | PATHOLOGY | 10 | 35 | 0.2% | (954) 355-5569 |
| 41 | AUSTIN PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES | TYLER | TN | PATHOLOGY | 72 | 33 | 0.2% | (903) 593-8441 |
| 42 | WILMINGTON PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES PA | WILMINGTON | TN | PATHOLOGY | 9 | 33 | 0.2% | (910) 362-9511 |
| 43 | THE WEST CLINIC P.C. | GERMANTOWN | TN | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 113 | 33 | 0.2% | (901) 683-0055 |
| 44 | SOUTH TEXAS PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES LLP | SAN ANTONIO | TN | PATHOLOGY | 25 | 29 | 0.1% | (210) 558-6288 |
| 45 | UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL | TN | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 2120 | 29 | 0.1% | (984) 215-5556 |
| 46 | PATHOLOGY SPECIALISTS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN PC | DETROIT | TN | PATHOLOGY | 11 | 20 | 0.1% | (313) 343-4000 |
| 47 | TRICITIES SKIN AND CANCER. | JOHNSON CITY | TN | DERMATOLOGY | 15 | 18 | 0.1% | (423) 929-7546 |
| 48 | DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.C. | KINGSPORT | TN | DERMATOLOGY | 26 | 13 | 0.1% | (423) 246-4961 |
| 49 | SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION | MEMPHIS | TN | PATHOLOGY | 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 →