Extended pathology consultation on referred sample at Piedmont Augusta

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.

Model: claude-haiku-5-5
Provider: anthropic
API: message_batches
Reasoning effort: low
Max output tokens: 4096
Prompt version (hash): 444523875572
Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC Consult Comprehensive 3

Augusta, GA

See all hospitals reporting CPT 88325 →

SharePost on X LinkedIn

Pricing by billing methodology

Price type

How this price compares nationally

Piedmont Augusta’s median price of $366 is 89% above the median hospital's median price ($194), higher than 85% of the 1,894 hospitals reporting CPT 88325. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 88325 at Piedmont Augusta

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 17 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.

Filter by billing methodology

Filter by billing class

#
1	Anthem anthem pathway per diem · both	$0	$0	—	—	—	$0 – $0
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross hmo per diem · both	$0	$0	—	—	—	$0 – $0
3	Caresource caresource medicaid fee schedule · both	$112	$112	—	—	—	$112 – $112
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross ppo fee schedule · both	$144	$144	—	—	—	$144 – $144
5	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare fee schedule · both	$146	$146	—	—	—	$146 – $146
6	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare exchange fee schedule · both	$146	$146	—	—	—	$146 – $146
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs south carolina shp fee schedule · both	$168	$168	—	—	—	$168 – $168
8	Bcbs Sc bcbs south carolina exchange percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$252	$252	$22	9%	—	$230 – $274
9	Cigna cigna fee schedule · both	$288	$288	—	—	—	$288 – $288
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross south carolina percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$487	$487	$42	9%	—	$444 – $529
11	Aetna aetna hmo fee schedule · both	$490	$490	—	—	—	$490 – $490
12	Aetna aetna ppo fee schedule · both	$490	$490	—	—	—	$490 – $490
13	Medcost medcost percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$620	$620	$54	9%	—	$566 – $674
14	MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$684	$684	$60	9%	—	$625 – $744
15	Phcs phcs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$684	$684	$60	9%	—	$625 – $744
16	Kaiser kaiser percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$1.2k	$1.2k	$100	9%	—	$1.1k – $1.3k
17	First Health first health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$1.3k	$1.3k	$115	9%	—	$1.2k – $1.4k

Last updated: Jul 1, 2026

Compare to other hospitals

See Extended pathology consultation on referred sample pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.