Services Provided for Surgery/Endoscopy/Diagnostic Imaging Centers and Physicians Offices


  • Complete comprehensive surgical pathology service for all specialties. Only pathology service that will combine surgical, cytology and clinical pathology on one report for your convenience. With in-house subspecialty expertise and esoteric testing, our TAT is very short. With web reporting (DPS & DHIN), you can access reports at your earliest convenience.
  • Complete comprehensive gyn-cytology with molecular tests. DPS is the only service in the region to provide both Liquid Based Cytology (LBC), only service to provide PCR based STD, Infectious & Genetic testing from single vial of LBC, cervical swabs, urethral swabs and urine; only service to report all these results in one report and is available with in a week.
  • Complete comprehensive non-gyn and fluid cytology. Only service to provide onsite adequacy check for FNA. Only service to provide esoteric testing on FNAs to get the best out of the specimens you give us. Patients are thrilled to receive a preliminary report!
  • Esoteric testing with interpretations (Immunohistochemistry, UroVysion, DIF, FISH, SISH, Molecular pathology on liquid based cytology etc.)
  • Veterinary pathology (prices vary according to volume)
  • On-site frozen sections (via MICS)
  • On-site FNA adequacy (via MICS)
  • Technical services only: histology, cytology or esoteric tests.
  • MOHS technical service
  • Pathology Management Consultation.
  • Autopsy services (done within one business day at the funeral home of your choice). Fee depends on the day of the week, nature, extent, age and travel time.
  • MOHS Technical Service
  • Veterinary Pathology
  • Histology Services
  • Esoteric Testing
  • Physician education: DPS provides periodic specialty based CME (AMA Category I) accredited by the Medical Society of Delaware at our Dover facility.
  • Patient Education
  • Pathology management consultation
  • Professional consultation for pathologists with 24 hour TAT.
    • Services included are as follows:
      • Professional consultations from pathologists for expert opinion
      • Routine Special Stains
      • IHC
      • Molecular Pathology (as needed)

The fees for these services will be based on Medicare Fee Schedule and will include the following CPT codes:


Professional Codes for Consultations


88321 - Consultation and report on referred slides prepared elsewhere
88323 - Consultation and report on referred material requiring preparation of slides
88325 - Consultation, comprehensive, with review of records and specimens, with report on referred material


Special stain & IHC Codes


88313 - Group II, all other (eg. Iron, trichrome), except immunocytochemistry and immunoperoxidase stains
88312 - Special stains
88360 - Morphometric analyses, tumor immunohistochemisty (Her-2/neu, estrogen and progesterone receptors)
88365 - In situ hybridization (FISH)
88346 - Immunofluorescent study, each antibody, direct method (DIF skin), per antibody


* CPT codes for molecular pathology are available upon request.



The process of sending consultations will initially be via Fedex Priority Overnight using provided mailers and paid for by Doctors Pathology Services. This will continue to be used until our route for your area is established. The person sending the consult will need to follow the instruction card located in each mailer. A preliminary report will be emailed to the submitting physician within 24 hours and a final report will be completed within 24 to 48 hours.


Call 877-DPS-MICS for service & further information


DPS is proud of the professional consultation and other services we provide to various medical specialties, educational institutions, non-profit healthcare organizatons and R&D facilities . We not only have the dedicated staff for the various capabilities, each pathologist has atleast one one area of subspecialty expertise with extensive ability to use the large array of esoteric testing available (IHC, FISH, PCR, DIF ec.) on both tissue and fluid (Gyn and non-gyn) based diagnoses.


Kappa ISH in bone marrow for lymphoproliferative disorders. Use of large arry of hematopathology markers to include ISH for monoclonality. 
Increased intraepithelial CD3 in gluten sensitive enteropathy without villous blunting. Expertise to utilise many proliferative, infectious disease and oncological markers to evaluate not-so-apparent diagnoses in GI pathology. 
Use of Cyclin D1 to evaluate atypical melanocytic lesions and invasion. 
AMCAR in the diagnosis of HGPIN. 
Lyme Disease; many other difficult to detect markers for organisms to include CMV, HSV, Catscratch etc. 
Melan A to evaluate atypical melanocytic lesions and invasion. 
Use of her2-neu for atypical pappilary lesions of the bladder. 
Use of IHC abilities to differentiate various benign and malignant dermatological cases. 

DPS offers a variety of specimen collection services :


  • Adequacy check for Needle Aspirations: Call to schedule or for STAT.
  • Bone marrow: Submit as routine; collect one yellow and one green top tube for additional studies if needed; submit peripheral blood smear and blood count if available. Reviewed by a hematopathologist.
  • Breast tumor markers: Performed in house on formalin fixed tissue specimens (fresh and frozen tissues are obsolete) and reported routinely unless specified as "do not perform".
  • Chlamydia/GC/HPV testing: Can be done from the same vial of ThinPrep as for cytology.
  • Crystal identification in fluids: Submit in a purple-top Vacutainer.
  • Cytogenetics for POC: Collect in RPMI media provided to the center; if none available, collect in sterile saline and call for a STAT pick up.
  • Frozen sections: Can be on a regular or as needed schedule; ASAP service available; Call to arrange a schedule.
  • Lymph nodes: Submit as a routine; reviewed by a hematopathologist.
  • Malaria & other blood borne parasite detection: Call for a STAT pick up.
  • Microbiology cultures: Submit as routine; indicate if Gram stain needs to be called – provide telephone number.
  • Muscle Biopsy Processing: Call to schedule; ASAP service available.
  • Needle Aspirations: Only thyroid aspirations require smears; the rest submit in cytology fixative provided; rinse needle well.
  • Non-gynecological Cytology: No smears needed, squirt and rinse needle in the cytology fixative provided; if none available, call for STAT pick up.
  • On site Gram’s stain interpretation: Call to schedule or for ASAP service.
  • Pap Smears: ThinPrep is recommended for patient convenience and cost of service. Cytopathologist available.
  • Routine biopsies: Submit in formalin containers provided; label as indicated. Dermatopathologist available.
  • Second Opinion: For DPS send as routine or DPS can arrange for it to be picked up; for DPS cases, we will deliver.
  • Tzanck smears: Submit air-dried smears and will be called as STAT if positive.

Molecular Testing Services


Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
  • Blood
  • Swab
  • ThinPrep
  • SurePath
Inherited Thrombophilia (IHT)
  • Blood
  • Swab
  • ThinPrep
  • SurePath
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
  • ThinPrep
  • SurePath
  • Swab
HPV Identification (HPVID)
  • Postive samples from the HPV results
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea (CTNG)
  • Swab
  • ThinPrep
  • SurePath
  • Urine
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV 1 & 2)
  • Swab
  • ThinPrep
  • SurePath
Group B Strep (GBS)
  • Swab
  • ThinPrep
  • SurePath
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA)
  • Nasal Swab
  • PAP-but not accurate
Urovysion
  • Urine Kits to be provided directly to the clients free of charge