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CPT 88177 at PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center

Surgical Pathology Examination

PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center, Bellingham

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Who paysHospital’s fee (lowest – highest)Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates$44.89 – $85.282 plans—
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates$20.81 – $22.898 plans—
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates$21.852 plans—
UnknownInsurer rates$111 – $1272 plans—
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance$110 – $113—
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it$169 – $174—

Lowest and highest amounts PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

BillWhat it’s forOriginal Medicare allowsPrivate plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospitalThe test or scan: equipment and staff—The price above
Reading doctorThe doctor who reads it (often a radiology group)Reading the results and writing the report$20.81$24.56 – $37.25

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

Compare CPT 88177 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.