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Pathologist consultation, each extra 30 minutes

CPT 80506the billing code this page is about

Add-on charge for prolonged pathologist consultation time; one unit covers each additional 30 minutes beyond the time included in the main consultation charge.

Hospitals typically charge $110 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 232 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $103. Most fall between $39 and $237 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
232
States
37
Filings dated
Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 232 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$23$50$110$178$365

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($23 vs $365).

How the prices are spread

$23 – $30: 26 hospitals$23$30 – $40: 20 hospitals$40 – $53: 9 hospitals$40$53 – $70: 21 hospitals$70 – $93: 16 hospitals$70$93 – $122: 51 hospitals$122 – $162: 21 hospitals$122$162 – $214: 12 hospitals$214 – $283: 7 hospitals$214$283 – $374: 32 hospitals$283median $110price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (215 of 232 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$23$3026
$30$4020
$40$539
$53$7021
$70$9316
$93$12251
$122$16221
$162$21412
$214$2837
$283$37432

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $110.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWIMichigan: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $97 across 11 hospitalsIA$97Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $148 across 10 hospitalsOH$148Pennsylvania: median $169 across 27 hospitalsPA$169New Jersey: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $23 across 22 hospitalsCA$23Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $365 across 12 hospitalsCO$365Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $291 across 12 hospitalsNC$291South Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $39 across 20 hospitalsGA$39Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $119 across 31 hospitalsTX$119Florida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $110. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Colorado CO12$365+233%$364 – $365
North Carolina NC12$291+165%$110 – $313
Pennsylvania PA27$169+54%$89 – $754
Ohio OH10$148+34%$57 – $148
Texas TX31$119+8%$119 – $119
Iowa IA11$97−12%$97 – $97
Georgia GA20$39−64%$39 – $209
California CA22$23−79%$23 – $23
New York NY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $110.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care204$97$39 – $209
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access23$284$62 – $343
Ownership
For-profit28$119$39 – $146
Government17fewer than 20 hospitals
Non-profit185$110$39 – $249
System affiliation
Part of a system215$110$39 – $248
Independent17fewer than 20 hospitals

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$198
Median cash price$110
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

185 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $119 and the average of the middle 60% is $111; most fall between $39 and $237.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 185 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$23$50$119$187$365

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($23 vs $365).

Of the 217 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 185 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

232 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 269 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted232
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here18
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code269

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 5, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Pathology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Pathology Clinical Consltj Prolng Svc Ea Addl 30|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Pathologist consultation, each extra 30 minutes (CPT 80506) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-80506-pathologist-consultation-each-extra-30-minutes