Pathology Associates

What Pathology Associates does

Pathology Associates, P.C. is an independent, physician-owned anatomic and clinical pathology practice founded in 1969 and headquartered in a single CLIA-certified, CAP-accredited laboratory at 2904 Westcorp Blvd., Suite 107, Huntsville, Alabama. The firm employs 51–100 staff, including 13 board-certified pathologists with fellowship training across 14 subspecialties (GI/liver, soft tissue/sarcoma, breast, oncologic surgical, pulmonary, neuropathology, hematopathology, head and neck, dermatopathology, endocrine, gynecologic, and cytopathology). It generates revenue through fee-for-service laboratory testing — including surgical pathology, cytopathology, flow cytometry, FISH interpretation, immunohistochemistry, and fine-needle aspiration biopsy — billed through hospital contracts, insurance, and direct physician-practice arrangements.

The laboratory's technical platform combines large in-house inventories of histochemical and immunoperoxidase stains with on-site immunofluorescence and flow cytometry to achieve next-day turnaround on complex cases. Operational features include daily courier specimen pickup, free specimen containers and supplies to clients, intraoperative frozen-section coverage, and 24-hour pathologist consultation. These capabilities are delivered under Medical Director agreements that embed the group into the laboratory and surgical workflows of regional hospital systems — notably Huntsville Hospital (across multiple departments including Clinical Laboratory, Anatomic Pathology/Histology, Blood Bank, Hematology, Flow Cytometry, and Clinical Microscopy), Crestwood Medical Center, Athens Limestone Hospital, and Highlands Medical Center — alongside independent dermatology, surgical, and primary care practices across North Alabama and the Tennessee Valley.

The business model is professional-services fee-for-service, supplemented by Medical Director stipends from hospital partners. Go-to-market is direct, relationship-driven, with no third-party distribution. The practice maintains an outward-facing website with resources, patient/physician educational content, and dedicated subspecialty pages, but the core sales motion remains personal referral relationships cultivated over 50+ years. There is no public revenue disclosure, no external capital, no parent company, and no evidence of expansion beyond the North Alabama/Tennessee Valley footprint.

Name

Pathology Associates

Legal name

Pathology Associates, P.C.

Website

https://pathologyassociates.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Pathology Associates, P.C. is a physician-owned, CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited anatomic and clinical pathology laboratory in Huntsville, Alabama, founded in 1969. It serves hospitals and physician practices across North Alabama with 13 subspecialty-trained pathologists offering surgical pathology, cytopathology, frozen sections, and FNA biopsy services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Huntsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Laboratory Pathology Services: Fee-for-service laboratory pathology testing including anatomic pathology, cytopathology, surgical pathology, and clinical pathology services. Revenue generated through contractual arrangements with hospitals and direct billing to medical practices for specimen examination and diagnosis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pathology Associates, P.C. is a CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited laboratory that provides accurate and rapid diagnosis of anatomic and cytopathology specimens for hospitals and medical practices in North Alabama. Core offerings include surgical pathology, cytopathology, hematopathology, dermatopathology, and a wide range of organ-specific subspecialty pathology services, supported by frozen section coverage, fine needle aspiration biopsy, flow cytometry, FISH, immunohistochemistry, and 24-hour pathologist consultation.

Product overview

Pathology Associates is a CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited cytopathology and anatomic pathology laboratory providing comprehensive diagnostic services. The company operates as a single unified laboratory offering core pathology services (surgical pathology, cytopathology, clinical laboratory medicine) supported by subspecialty services including soft tissue, pulmonary, neuropathology, hematopathology, head and neck, GI/liver, breast, dermatopathology, endocrine, and gynecologic pathology. Additional offerings include FNA biopsy service, frozen section consultations, flow cytometry, FISH studies, daily courier services, specimen supplies, and 24-hour pathologist consultation. The lab leverages immunohistochemistry, special stains, immunofluorescence, and flow cytometry technologies to achieve next-day turnaround times on complex cases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Surgical Pathology Services Comprehensive examination of tissue specimens including biopsies and resections for diagnosis of abnormal areas, polyps, lumps, or tumors. Involves gross examination, histologic processing, special stains, and microscopic evaluation by pathologists.
• Cytopathology Services Diagnosis and evaluation of cellular abnormalities through examination of cell samples, delivered by specialized fellowship-trained cytopathologists for accurate rapid diagnosis.
• Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Biopsy Service Minimally invasive biopsy procedure using a thin needle to sample lumps for diagnosis. Provides results within 1-2 working days with minimal risk and no stitches required.
• Frozen Section Consultation Intraoperative consultation service providing rapid diagnosis during surgery to guide surgical decision-making.
• Flow Cytometry Service Interpretive flow cytometry service for diagnosis of hematopoietic diseases, tumors, and abnormalities of lymph nodes, blood, and bone marrow, combined on-site with immunofluorescence.
• FISH Interpretation Studies Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies available for enhanced diagnostic evaluation of specimens.
• 24-Hour Pathologist Consultation Pathologists available 24 hours per day for physician-to-pathologist consultation on cases.
• Daily Courier Services Daily courier pickup of specimens from medical practices and hospitals and delivery of results to support next-day turnaround time.
• Soft Tissue Pathology Evaluation of diseases involving non-bony supporting body tissues including muscle, fat, nerve, and blood vessels. Includes diagnosis of benign tumors such as lipoma and leiomyoma, plus sarcomas.
• Pulmonary Pathology Diagnosis and characterization of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of the lungs and thoracic pleura, including lung carcinoma diagnosis.
• Oncologic Surgical Pathology Study and classification of tumors using microscopy, flow cytometry, immunohistochemical stains, and molecular factors. Includes margin status evaluation and tumor differentiation assessment.
• Neuropathology Study of diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves, including brain and spinal cord tumors and neurodegenerative disorders, with frozen section support during surgery.
• Hematopathology Branch of pathology studying diseases of hematopoietic cells. Evaluates peripheral blood smears, bone marrow aspirates, and lymph node biopsies using microscopy, flow cytometry, and molecular diagnostics.
• Head and Neck Pathology Comprehensive surgical pathology services for diagnosis of benign and malignant lesions of the head and neck, including intraoperative consultation and ultrasound-guided FNA.
• GI/Liver Pathology Gastrointestinal and liver pathology subspecialty services provided by specialized fellowship-trained physicians.
• Breast Pathology Specialized breast pathology services including HER2 testing for invasive breast cancer diagnosis and treatment guidance.
• Dermatopathology Skin pathology services by board-certified dermatopathologists for diagnosis of skin diseases and melanocytic neoplasia.
• Endocrine Pathology Endocrine system pathology services for diagnosis of thyroid, adrenal, and other endocrine gland disorders.
• Gynecologic Pathology Female reproductive system pathology services including gynecologic cancer diagnosis.
• Clinical Laboratory Medicine Clinical pathology oversight of clinical laboratories encompassing clinical chemistry, hematology, microbiology, serology, and blood banking.

Quantifiable outcome

• Next day turnaround time even on complex cases
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Huntsville HospitalcoreOthersPathology Associates provides Medical Director services for multiple hospital laboratories including Huntsville Hospital Clinical Laboratory, Clinical Chemistry, Anatomic Pathology and Histology, Blood Bank, Hematology, Flow Cytometry, and Clinical Microscopy departments.
• Crestwood Medical CentercoreOthersPathology Associates provides Medical Director services for Crestwood Medical Center Clinical Laboratory. Dr. John R. Ross serves as Vice Chief of Pathology at Crestwood Medical Center.
• Athens Limestone HospitalcoreOthersDr. Priya S. Gore serves as Medical Director of Clinical Laboratory at Athens Limestone Hospital, providing pathology leadership for the facility.
• Eurofins-Diatherix LaboratoryminorOthersDr. Frank A. Honkanen serves as Medical Director at Eurofins-Diatherix Laboratory in Huntsville, AL.
• Hudson Alpha InstituteminorOthersDr. Frank A. Honkanen serves as Medical Director at Hudson Alpha Institute in Huntsville, AL.
• Quest RRL (Huntsville)minorOthersDr. John R. Ross serves as Medical Director at Quest RRL in Huntsville.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ARUP Laboratories: National academic-affiliated reference laboratory offering an extensive esoteric and anatomic pathology menu. Comparable as a high-complexity anatomic pathology reference lab, though it operates at much larger scale and serves as a benchmark for advanced test menu depth.
• Quest Diagnostics: Largest U.S. reference laboratory network offering both anatomic and clinical pathology. A pathology director from Pathology Associates serves as Medical Director at Quest RRL (Huntsville), illustrating direct competitive overlap for hospital laboratory contracts in the same region.
• Sonic Healthcare USA: Global diagnostics operator with U.S. anatomic pathology operations (American Pathology Partners, Aurora Diagnostics). Comparable as a multi-region anatomic pathology platform competing for the same hospital and specialty-practice customers.
• Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp): Major national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory. Competes with Pathology Associates for hospital outreach work and physician office send-outs across the same North Alabama/Tennessee Valley geography.
• Aurora Diagnostics: A national anatomic pathology roll-up platform (now part of Sonic Healthcare) that has aggregated numerous regional pathology practices across the U.S. Comparable as a consolidator of independent pathology groups — the archetype of how a regional player like Pathology Associates could be acquired or benchmarked.

Direct peers

• Inform Diagnostics (formerly Miraca Life Sciences): Specialty anatomic pathology laboratory with strong subspecialty coverage in dermatopathology, GI pathology, hematopathology, and breast pathology. Closely comparable subspecialty service line and hospital/practice customer base to Pathology Associates.
• ProPath: Private, physician-owned pathology practice offering subspecialty anatomic and clinical pathology services to hospitals, clinics, and physicians nationwide. Closely comparable to Pathology Associates in subspecialty depth, hospital-directorship focus, and independent ownership structure.
• PathGroup: One of the largest privately held pathology practices in the U.S., headquartered in the Southeast, serving hospitals and physician practices across multiple states. Directly comparable as a physician-owned anatomic/clinical pathology group operating in the same customer segments with a similar subspecialty and Medical Director model.

Regional players

• Pathology Laboratories: Independent regional anatomic and clinical pathology practice. Comparable in service mix and customer segments (hospitals, dermatologists, surgeons) to Pathology Associates, although concentrated in a different U.S. region.
• CompuNet Clinical Laboratories: Regional clinical and anatomic pathology laboratory based in Dayton, Ohio, serving hospitals and physician offices in the Midwest. Comparable regional full-service pathology model, though operating in a different geography than Pathology Associates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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