Frozen section pathology consultation, one specimen at Affinity Hospital LLC

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Original text from hospital filings

PATH CONSULT INT-1BL

Birmingham, AL

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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $273 is 51% above the median hospital's median price ($180), higher than 81% of the 2,423 hospitals reporting CPT 88331. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 88331 at Affinity Hospital LLC

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 payers, 22 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Aetna aetna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$42	$42	—	—	—	$42 – $42
2	Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient	$63	$63	—	—	—	$63 – $63
3	UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$129	$129	—	—	—	$129 – $129
4	UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$129	$129	—	—	—	$129 – $129
5	Tricare node tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$148	$148	—	—	—	$148 – $148
6	Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$153	$153	—	—	—	$153 – $153
7	UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · per diem · outpatient	$153	$153	—	—	—	$153 – $153
8	Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$156	$156	—	—	—	$156 – $156
9	Cigna Healthspring node cigna healthspring mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$156	$156	—	—	—	$156 – $156
10	Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$156	$156	—	—	—	$156 – $156
11	Clover node clover health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$157	$157	—	—	—	$157 – $157
12	Aetna node aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$158	$158	—	—	—	$158 – $158
13	WellCare node wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$159	$159	—	—	—	$159 – $159
14	WellCare node wellcare ambetter marketplace facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$234	$234	—	—	—	$234 – $234
15	Cigna cigna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$274	$274	—	—	—	$274 – $274
16	Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$393	$393	—	—	—	$393 – $393
17	First Health first health facility · other · outpatient	$524	$524	—	—	—	$524 – $524
18	MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$533	$533	—	—	—	$533 – $533
19	MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$541	$541	—	—	—	$541 – $541
20	MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$611	$611	—	—	—	$611 – $611
21	MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$611	$611	—	—	—	$611 – $611
22	First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$683	$683	—	—	—	$683 – $683

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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