Pathology Consultants

What Pathology Consultants does

Pathology Consultants, Inc. (PCI) is a privately held, physician-led pathology practice founded in 1959 by Dr. Arthur Dreskin and Dr. Don Kilgore and headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. The company operates an independent laboratory staffed by 51–100 employees and serves as the contracted pathology group for the entire Prisma Health System across the Upstate and Midlands regions of South Carolina. PCI's clinical staff are all board-certified in anatomic and/or clinical pathology with fellowship training across more than ten subspecialties — including pediatric pathology, dermatopathology, hematopathology, cytopathology, breast pathology, gastrointestinal/hepatic pathology, genitourinary pathology, immunopathology, and transfusion medicine — and several physicians have been recognized in Best Doctors in America.

The service portfolio combines diagnostic pathology examinations (anatomic, surgical, cytopathology, autopsy, dermatopathology, forensic, and pediatric pathology) with clinical laboratory services (hematology, immunopathology, blood banking), supported by an internal courier specimen transport system running scheduled routes, insurance billing operations, an EMR interface layer that connects to most major Electronic Medical Record systems, and online patient bill pay. PCI maintains College of American Pathologists (CAP) Accreditation with Excellence and a 2025 CLIA Certificate of Accreditation, publishes 48-hour turnaround targets for most cytology and tissue biopsy results, and offers 24/7 critical-result communication with referring physicians.

PCI generates revenue on a transaction-fee basis by billing professional pathology services to insurance companies and patients; it participates with virtually all Southeast insurance companies and accepts negotiated fees as a preferred provider for many managed care organizations. Go-to-market is direct enterprise/field sales to a single anchor health system, with no external institutional or PE investors disclosed; ownership is physician-controlled, currently under President and Medical Director David P. Schammel, M.D.

Name

Pathology Consultants

Legal name

Pathology Consultants, Inc.

Website

https://pathologyconsultants.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pathology Diagnostic Services

NAICS

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (62151), Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (6215)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Anatomic Pathology (Histopathology & Cytopathology) (HLAFAMAA)

Keywords

• Pathology diagnostic services
• Anatomic clinical pathology
• Surgical pathology laboratory
• Subspecialty pathology consultation
• Hospital pathology services

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Pathology Diagnostic Services: Professional pathology services billed to insurance companies and patients. PCI participates with virtually all southeast insurance companies and is a preferred provider for many Managed Care organizations, accepting negotiated fees for services provided.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Pathology Consultants, Inc. is an independent pathology practice that delivers diagnostic pathology services to hospitals, medical practices, and referring physicians, primarily serving the Prisma Health System across South Carolina. Its core offering includes anatomic, clinical, surgical, cytopathology, dermatopathology, hematopathology, forensic, pediatric, and subspecialty pathology diagnostics, supported by in-house courier specimen transport, insurance billing and managed-care participation, and EMR-integrated test ordering and resulting.

Product overview

Pathology Consultants, Inc. (PCI) operates as a medical diagnostics laboratory providing comprehensive pathology services, not as a software product company. The organization offers a unified suite of diagnostic pathology services spanning anatomic pathology, cytopathology, clinical pathology, and forensic pathology. The service portfolio includes subspecialty diagnostic services (dermatopathology, gastrointestinal/hepatic pathology, hematopathology, immunopathology, pediatric pathology, urologic pathology, women's health/breast pathology, bone and soft tissue pathology), supplemented by operational support services (courier specimen pickup, insurance billing, laboratory supplies ordering) and laboratory technology services (EMR integration for test ordering and resulting). PCI is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and CLIA, and services the Prisma Health System across South Carolina's Upstate and Midlands regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Anatomic Pathology Services Diagnostic examination of tissues and surgical specimens, including surgical pathology, bone and soft tissue pathology, and urologic pathology, provided to hospitals, surgeons, and referring physicians.
• Cytopathology Services Analysis of individual cells and cell clusters from various body sites, including gynecologic (Pap tests) and non-gynecologic specimens.
• Clinical Pathology Services Laboratory-based diagnostic testing including hematology, hematopathology, immunopathology, and blood banking/transfusion medicine.
• Dermatopathology Services Diagnosis of skin disorders through microscopic examination of skin specimens by board-certified dermatopathologists.
• Forensic Pathology Services Investigation of cause and manner of death through autopsy pathology and medical examiner services.
• Pediatric Pathology Services Diagnosis of diseases in infants, children, and adolescents through specialized examination of pediatric specimens.
• Autopsy Pathology Services Post-mortem examination services to determine cause of death and identify disease processes.
• Women's Health Pathology Services Specialized breast and gynecologic pathology including breast biopsy analysis and gynecologic specimen examination.
• Courier Pick-Up Services Scheduled specimen transportation with routine pickup routes Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., handling specimen collection and transport following laboratory safety guidelines.
• Coverage and Billing Services Insurance participation and billing services with preferred provider status for managed care organizations, providing 48-hour turnaround for most cytology and tissue biopsy results.
• Laboratory Supplies Ordering Online ordering system for pathology laboratory supplies including formalin prefills, specimen bags, gynecologic supplies, histology cassettes, reagents, stains, slides, and PPE.
• EMR Interface Services Electronic medical record integration capabilities enabling test ordering and resulting through connection to practice management technology; interfaces available with most EMR systems.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Prisma Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCI services the entire Prisma Health System of South Carolina, which includes Prisma Health – Upstate and Prisma Health – Midlands. This is the primary healthcare system relationship providing pathology diagnostic services including anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, surgical pathology, and subspecialty consultations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Quest Diagnostics: The largest U.S. commercial reference laboratory offering anatomic and clinical pathology services to hospitals and physicians nationwide. Directly competes with PCI for hospital pathology contracts (including large IDNs), but operates at vastly greater scale and test-menu breadth.
• Sonic Healthcare USA: Global pathologist-led diagnostic company with significant U.S. hospital pathology operations. Comparable business model to PCI — physician-led pathology focused on hospital/health-system clients — but at a larger national platform level.
• Mayo Clinic Laboratories: The reference laboratory arm of Mayo Clinic providing esoteric and subspecialty anatomic/clinical pathology to hospitals worldwide. Directly comparable to PCI in subspecialty depth (e.g., hematopathology, dermatopathology, pediatric pathology) but at much larger academic-medical-center scale.
• Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp): Major U.S. reference lab providing clinical and anatomic pathology diagnostics, including hospital-system outreach and specialty testing. Comparable to PCI on core anatomic/clinical pathology services and hospital contracting model.

Direct peers

• ARUP Laboratories: A nonprofit reference laboratory affiliated with the University of Utah offering subspecialty anatomic and clinical pathology for hospitals. Comparable to PCI as a pathologist-led, subspecialty-focused diagnostic lab serving healthcare systems with complex-case expertise.
• PathGroup: A physician-led U.S. pathology practice providing anatomic and clinical pathology services to hospitals and referring physicians across the Southeast and Mid-South. Closely comparable to PCI in model (independent pathology group serving regional health systems) and geography.
• Inform Diagnostics: Specialty anatomic pathology lab with strong dermatopathology and GI pathology focus serving outpatient and hospital clients. Comparable to PCI on subspecialty anatomic pathology services and hospital-physician client base, though Inform is more outpatient-skewed.
• Pathology Associates of Greenville: Greenville, SC-based pathology group sharing co-leadership with PCI (David P. Schammel, M.D. is President of both). Provides anatomic pathology services in the same geography, making it the closest operational peer and a likely collaboration partner or competitor entity.

Regional players

• TriCore Reference Laboratories: Regional reference laboratory serving New Mexico and surrounding states through hospital-system relationships. Comparable to PCI as a regionally anchored independent lab providing anatomic/clinical pathology for a major IDN, with similar scale and operating model.

Emerging players

• ACL Laboratories: Hospital-affiliated clinical and anatomic pathology laboratory serving health systems in the Midwest. Comparable in scale and hospital-system servicing model to PCI, though with different geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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