Dr. Charles Sherman Specht , MD
Pathology - Anatomic Pathology • Hershey, PA
500 University Dr
Hershey, PA 170332360
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Dr. Charles Specht is listed in NPPES under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology.
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NPI assigned on December 19, 2005; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 133 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 88341 — Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure: 56 service units.
- 88307 — Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity: 27 service units.
- 88342 — Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure: 20 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See all 5 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Hershey, PA (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 978. Middle half: 763 to 1,489.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Pennsylvania (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,379. Middle half: 863 to 1,846.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 542 in 2020 to 133 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
500 University Dr
Hershey, PA 170332360
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Pathology - Anatomic Pathology: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
51 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $4,779 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $3,752 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.
NPI first issued
2005
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Compared with the same specialty in Hershey and Pennsylvania
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Hershey, PA (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 978. Middle half: 763 to 1,489.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Pennsylvania (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,379. Middle half: 863 to 1,846.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Hershey, PA (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $42,871. Middle half: $25,226 to $57,009.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Pennsylvania (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $54,049. Middle half: $33,600 to $69,407.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Hershey, PA (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $33,945. Middle half: $19,357 to $43,803.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Pennsylvania (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $42,619. Middle half: $26,285 to $52,615.
19 active clinicians are listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology with a practice address in Hershey, PA (144 in Pennsylvania).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Hershey
0% of these 19 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
84.2% of these 19 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 75% from 542 in 2020 to 133 in 2024.
- 2020: 542
- 2021: 341
- 2022: 416
- 2023: 337
- 2024: 133
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 75% from $19,002 in 2020 to $4,779 in 2024.
- 2020: $19,002
- 2021: $10,960
- 2022: $13,127
- 2023: $12,210
- 2024: $4,779
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 75% from $15,216 in 2020 to $3,752 in 2024.
- 2020: $15,216
- 2021: $8,701
- 2022: $10,384
- 2023: $9,737
- 2024: $3,752
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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88341
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure
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56 | 18 | $102.00 | $25.83 |
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88307
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity
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27 | 17 | $300.00 | $75.51 |
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88342
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure
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20 | 19 | $126.00 | $32.18 |
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88304
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity
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18 | 18 | $42.00 | $10.52 |
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88360
Microscopic genetic analysis of tumor, manual
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12 | 12 | $152.00 | $38.36 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207ZP0101X
A pathologist deals with the causes and nature of disease and contributes to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment through knowledge gained by the laboratory application of the biologic, chemical and physical sciences. A pathologist uses information gathered from the microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cells and body fluids, and from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions for the diagnosis, exclusion and monitoring of disease.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207ZN0500X
A neuropathologist is expert in the diagnosis of diseases of the nervous system and skeletal muscles and functions as a consultant primarily to neurologists and neurosurgeons. The neuropathologist is knowledgeable in the infirmities of humans as they affect the nervous and neuromuscular systems, be they degenerative, infectious, metabolic, immunologic, neoplastic, vascular or physical in nature.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
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Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated December 19, 2005.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Mailing Address
Po Box 858
Hershey, PA 170330858
Phone: 8002334082