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Moonlighting as Pathology Resident
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I have heard of people doing freelance autopsy work for smaller hospitals. This would require passing Step 3 and getting licensed.
I have also heard of people grossing biopsies after hours. This requires having the intelligence and dexterity of a slightly ******ed ape.
I have also heard of people grossing biopsies after hours. This requires having the intelligence and dexterity of a slightly ******ed ape.
I "moonlight" doing autopsies at a small community hospital, but realistically they only get 10-12 autopsies per year so it's not a huge payday by any means. I dated a psychiatry resident for awhile who did a fair amount of moonlighting and she was making >$20k/year extra as a result. I'm far below that. I know of some people who did grossing work moonlighting, but I think that has really dried up around here (Boston).
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There is no comparable moonlighting in pathology compared to say, internal medicine or anesthesia or something along those lines. Internal medicine residents routinely get paid 75$ per hour moonlighting or covering in-house overflow. I know of internal medicine residents making enough routinely in moonlighting to make multiple car payments. These opportunities for pathology moonlighting like grossing after hours or doing rural autopsies are few and far between and I would not count on finding something like this.
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A long, long time ago prior to my path residency I moonlighted doing insurance physicals evenings and weekends and, for that time, the money was ok. I had done a rotating clinical internship and was doing a couple years general practice in the Navy and I was very comfortable with it. But, even without the added clinical experience I think anyone with an MD/DO after their name can do an insurance physical. It is/was pretty much a "warm and walki'n" evaluation with a piss test and a blood draw. I don't know anything about the situation now but it is out there.
I did autopsy and Saturday grossing for a group for a few months. They paid me 200 per Autopsy but I quit when I learned that the hospital reimbursed them 1500 per case. I was pissed because I had to do the gross and write up. They would just sign the case out
Dang, that really sucks...talk about cheap labor. Why would a hospital reimburse a group 1500 for an autopsy? I thought you don't get reimbursed jack for autopsies.
I know hospitals charge that much from families to perform an autopsy. Our hospital performs autopsies for free for our patients...but if the autopsy is requested from outside we charge like 1500 or more.
It was just a deal negotiated by all the pathologists at a chain of hospitals. I found out at a path society meeting from a pathologist thar worked at another hospital in the chain. Man was I possed. I am over it now of course
I don't know if this will make you feel any better. $200-250 may be to going rate for grossing in an autopsy. I knew of a couple residents who did this, but they were senior to me. They just dictated their gross findings & weren't responsible for writing the case up. I doubt it took them longer than 2 hrs per autopsy. $100 / hr isn't that bad for a moonlighting job.
I read slides for some collecting tumor tissue for research. It wasn't constant work, but it was fairly simple. I basically had to determine if a slide had tumor on it, & how much.
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If it makes you feel any better...I get paid a residents salary (****) for an outside autopsy. When the diener showed me the wad of Benjamins (family paid in cash, 1500-2000, going straight to the department), it was pretty depressing.
It was just a deal negotiated by all the pathologists at a chain of hospitals. I found out at a path society meeting from a pathologist thar worked at another hospital in the chain. Man was I possed. I am over it now of course
Clearly.
The lowest per autopsy rate I have heard of for moonlighters is $500. Either you negotiated poorly or you were subject to a supply/demand dynamic that didn't work in you favor.
Either way, you should be possed.
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I don't do family requested autopsies. I refer them to local moonlighters/private autopsy outfits that can be found on the CAP web site in some locations. 1-800-autopsy has been advertised. I don't know if they are still around. Our contract w/my hospital has a fee of $1500 for a post which is a deal. It must be requested by a member of the medical staff.
