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I've been to two different hospitals. Conway Medical Center and now MUSC (Medical University of South Carolina) the latter being the best hospital in South Carolina. Both surgeons acted like they never heard of doing a path report during surgery. They both said you would have to freeze the sample. My second surgeon has great creditials with a degree from Harvard. There is no way I can go to the Mayo clinic as my insurance would not allow it. I am upset that they act like this is not done. I really would like to know if just the best hospitals do this? It is quite upsetting that I have to go through a third surgery and also pay $400 for each surgery when a path report could have been done on the 1st.

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I know you are frustrated and even frightened by having to wait for a path report. Our health care system in the US is absolutely failing to provide quality treatment. The medical insurance industry has financially strangled most hospitals and physicians. My fingers are crossed for!