Community Pathology

What Community Pathology does

Community Pathology is a physician-owned, private independent pathology laboratory headquartered in Cookeville, Tennessee, providing subspecialty diagnostic pathology services to referring physicians, hospitals, and medical practices across Middle and Eastern Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. The practice operates a 5,000 sqft central laboratory in Cookeville, an embedded satellite office within Cookeville Regional Medical Center, and a second laboratory in Tullahoma adjacent to Harton Regional Medical Center, supported by an in-house courier service for specimen pickup. Its service portfolio spans breast pathology, cytopathology, hematopathology, molecular diagnostics, dermatopathology, gastrointestinal pathology, and women's health diagnostics, and it operates Middle Tennessee's first freestanding ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration clinic led by a board-certified cytopathologist.

The laboratory's diagnostic technology stack relies on conventional molecular and histology workflows, including FDA Emergency Use Authorization RT-PCR COVID-19 testing using the Quidel Lyra assay and ThermoFisher MagMax Viral Pathogen II RNA extraction on the KingFisher Flex 96 automated platform. Diagnostic reads are delivered by a small team of subspecialty board-certified pathologists (including Dr. Meiklejohn McKenzie in cytopathology and Dr. Jason Nolan in hematopathology), with same-day preliminary results offered for FNA specimens and sub-24-hour turnaround for COVID-19 PCR. The practice holds no patents, trademarks, AI/ML capabilities, or external funding.

Revenue is generated through professional-services billing for diagnostic interpretation, with claims flowing through healthcare providers, hospitals, and third-party payers rather than direct patient billing. The go-to-market model is sales-led and referral-driven, anchored by long-standing physician relationships and the two hospital affiliations. Marketing presence is minimal — a corporate website and basic Facebook/X profiles — and pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held, physician-founded, and shows no parent company, private equity, or external investor structure.

Name

Community Pathology

Legal name

Community Pathology

Website

https://communitypathology.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Community Pathology is a physician-owned independent pathology laboratory in Cookeville, Tennessee, providing subspecialty diagnostic pathology services to referring physicians and hospitals across Middle Tennessee, Eastern Tennessee, and Southern Kentucky.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pathology Diagnostic Services

NAICS

Medical Laboratories (621511), Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (62151)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Anatomic Pathology (Histopathology & Cytopathology) (HLAFAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Molecular Diagnostics (PCR/qPCR, NGS-based assays) (HLAAALAA), Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTFs) & Multi-Specialty Diagnostic Centers (HLAFAKAN)

Keywords

• Pathology diagnostic services
• Molecular diagnostics testing
• Cytopathology services
• Hematopathology diagnostics
• COVID-19 PCR testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Cookeville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Pathology Diagnostic Services: Laboratory diagnostic pathology services including histopathology, cytology, molecular diagnostics, and specialized testing. Services are billed to healthcare providers, hospitals, and through insurance/third-party payers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Community Pathology is a physician-founded diagnostic pathology laboratory that provides subspecialty pathology services including breast pathology, cytopathology, hematopathology, molecular diagnostics, dermatopathology, gastrointestinal pathology, women's health diagnostics, and general pathology to referring physicians and hospitals. The practice also operates an FDA Emergency Use Authorized COVID-19 PCR testing service and the only freestanding ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration clinic in Middle Tennessee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Breast Pathology Full range of diagnostic modalities for breast mass evaluation and rapid diagnosis, serving healthcare providers managing breast disease in their patients.
• Cytopathology Subspecialty pathology service for the study of individual cells, led by a board-certified cytopathologist. Provides expert diagnosis of all cytology specimens including ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsies.
• Hematopathology Diagnostic service for hematopoietic disorders, led by a board-certified hematopathologist, providing diagnostic expertise for blood, bone marrow, and lymphoid tissue specimens.
• Molecular Diagnostics Molecular assays that enable healthcare providers to treat patients quickly and accurately, including COVID-19 RT-PCR testing using Quidel Lyra and Thermo Fisher MagMax platforms.
• Dermatopathology Processing and examination of skin specimens ranging from routine skin cancers to complex inflammatory conditions, providing rapid diagnoses for dermatology practices.
• Gastrointestinal Pathology Diagnostic expertise for gastrointestinal conditions including inflammatory bowel disease and complex inflammatory liver conditions, serving gastroenterology practices.
• Women's Health Diagnostics Comprehensive women's health pathology services including image-screened Pap smears, high-risk HPV testing, and GYN surgical pathology expertise.
• COVID-19 PCR Testing High-throughput RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 detection with less than 24-hour turnaround, offered to patients and healthcare providers in the Upper Cumberland region.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• GRAIL: Molecular diagnostics company focused on early cancer detection via methylation-based assays. Comparable as an adjacent molecular diagnostics player in the broader pathology/molecular testing ecosystem that competes for the same molecular testing wallet.

Broad incumbents

• Sonic Healthcare USA: International diagnostics group operating multiple U.S. pathology and clinical lab brands across anatomic pathology, dermatopathology, and molecular diagnostics. Comparable as a multi-brand incumbent in the same specialty pathology space.
• Quest Diagnostics: Largest U.S. commercial clinical laboratory offering routine and esoteric testing, including anatomic pathology and molecular diagnostics, with national logistics and broad payer contracts. Comparable as the dominant incumbent competing for the same referring-physician specimen volume.
• Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp): National clinical laboratory network with full-service anatomic pathology and molecular diagnostics capabilities and extensive hospital system contracts. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose commercial contracts can pressure independent regional pathology labs.

Direct peers

• PathGroup: PathGroup is a physician-owned, Tennessee-headquartered anatomic and clinical pathology laboratory serving the Southeast. It is the most direct competitor to Community Pathology, offering overlapping subspecialty pathology services and molecular diagnostics across the same regional footprint.

Regional players

• Aegis Sciences Corporation: Nashville-based clinical and forensic toxicology and specialty testing laboratory serving healthcare providers and hospitals across Tennessee and the broader Southeast. Comparable as a Tennessee-headquartered specialty diagnostics lab with hospital and physician referral channels.
• CompuNet Clinical Laboratories: Regional clinical and anatomic pathology laboratory serving hospitals and physicians across the Midwest and Mid-South. Comparable as a regional full-service lab with hospital-embedded service models similar to Community Pathology's CRMC satellite.

Emerging players

• Inform Diagnostics: Specialty anatomic pathology laboratory focused on gastrointestinal, dermatopathology, and urology with subspecialty-trained pathologists. Comparable as a subspecialty-driven pathology competitor with national reach and similar GI/dermatopathology focus.
• Bako Diagnostics: Specialty dermatopathology and podiatric pathology laboratory serving referring physicians nationally with subspecialty expertise. Comparable as a niche specialty pathology competitor with similar subspecialty-driven model.
• Arkana Laboratories: Specialty esoteric and anatomic pathology laboratory focused on renal, neuro, and complex dermatopathology with subspecialty-trained pathologists. Comparable as an emerging specialty pathology competitor targeting complex diagnostic cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/communitypatho
• Facebookfacebook.com/Community-Pathology-140221953401565
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/community-pathology

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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