Frozen section pathology consultation, one specimen at Kettering Medical Center

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Path consult intraop 1 bloc

Kettering, OH

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Kettering Medical Center ’s median price of $61 is 66% below the median hospital's median price ($180), higher than 5% of the 2,445 hospitals reporting CPT 88331. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 88331 at Kettering Medical Center

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 13 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	Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem traditional fee schedule · outpatient	$45	$41	$19	46%	—	$16 – $61
2	Aetna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient	$44	$44	—	—	—	$44 – $44
3	Aetna new business/oh ky preferred other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient	$44	$44	—	—	—	$44 – $44
4	Cigna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient	$46	$46	—	—	—	$46 – $46
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem pathway hmox exchange fee schedule · outpatient	$53	$93	$92	99%	—	$16 – $251
6	UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient	$110	$110	$69	63%	—	$41 – $179
7	UnitedHealthcare employee fee schedule · outpatient	$110	$110	$69	63%	—	$41 – $179
8	Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient	$168	$168	—	—	—	$168 – $168
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem - blue access/blue preferred hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$53	$175	$233	133%	—	$16 – $578
10	Molina medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient	$176	$176	—	—	—	$176 – $176
11	Caresource marketplace exchange fee schedule · outpatient	$259	$259	—	—	—	$259 – $259
12	UnitedHealthcare exchange fee schedule · outpatient	$260	$260	—	—	—	$260 – $260
13	Molina exchange fee schedule · outpatient	$349	$349	—	—	—	$349 – $349

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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