The new price for the AP/CP board is $3600

[cyto]

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http://www.abpath.org/ExamLinks.htm

Revised 9/29/09

• COMBINED PRIMARY AND SUBSPECIALTY EXAMINATIONS
  Effective for the 2010 examinations, all candidates for combined primary and subspecialty examinations will complete separate application and registration forms and pay the $1800 fee for each examination.

Well... at least some of the pathologists are able to increase their revenue.

 

[pathstudent]

http://www.abpath.org/ExamLinks.htm

Revised 9/29/09

• COMBINED PRIMARY AND SUBSPECIALTY EXAMINATIONS
  Effective for the 2010 examinations, all candidates for combined primary and subspecialty examinations will complete separate application and registration forms and pay the $1800 fee for each examination.

Well... at least some of the pathologists are able to increase their revenue.

Ouch!

On the bright side, at least we will also have twice as much paperwork.

 

[2121115]

http://www.abpath.org/ExamLinks.htm

Revised 9/29/09

• COMBINED PRIMARY AND SUBSPECIALTY EXAMINATIONS
  Effective for the 2010 examinations, all candidates for combined primary and subspecialty examinations will complete separate application and registration forms and pay the $1800 fee for each examination.

Well... at least some of the pathologists are able to increase their revenue.

That is for combined AP plus subspecialty like NP, HP, etc.

The AP/CP price is still $2200 (I just registered last week).

 

[BrainPathology]

Ouch!

On the bright side, at least we will also have twice as much paperwork.

How does this even happen for candidates? The only combined primary and subspecialty programs that have been allowed to go on are AP/NP. And if you did AP/CP/NP I'm not sure there was ever any other way to do less than 2 seperate sittings. AP/CP for 2200 and NP later for 1800. The other combined programs are about to be extinct as I understand things. So this announcement is kinda wierd and won't cover more than a few years as graduates exit combined programs that won't exist soon.

 

[lipomas]

Yeah I agree - I would advocate doing your AP/CP (or just AP or just CP if that's all you did) during your 4th year of residency, and doing subspecialty boards after fellowship. Don't try to combine them.

But yes, the OP is incorrect - combined AP/CP is still a "discount" if you want to call it that

 

[Mr. Plow]

How sure are you that the combined $2200 for AP/CP is still in effect? Based on what information? The ABP website sure doesn't suggest that with the way it is being presented. Looks like 1800 a piece regardless, starting in 2010.

 

[2121115]

How sure are you that the combined $2200 for AP/CP is still in effect? Based on what information? The ABP website sure doesn't suggest that with the way it is being presented. Looks like 1800 a piece regardless, starting in 2010.

No. As I stated earlier, I registered for the 2010 AP/CP exam last month. I was charged $2200. That is how I know.

 

[Mr. Plow]

You got your log in info then, I assume? I'm still waiting to get mine. They are taking their sweet time with it.

 

[HbyHA]

You got your log in info then, I assume? I'm still waiting to get mine. They are taking their sweet time with it.

the log in information should have been sent to your program director...

 

[2121115]

Log-in information came from my program coordinator.

 

[Autopsy Sweet]

How sure are you that the combined $2200 for AP/CP is still in effect? Based on what information? The ABP website sure doesn't suggest that with the way it is being presented. Looks like 1800 a piece regardless, starting in 2010.

https://www.abpath.org/ABPSecured/Exams.aspx

Here's the current list of fees for all ABP exams. The second one is "Combined Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology" and costs $2200.

This page seems to contradict their statement that 2010 test takers will have to register and pay for primary and specialty exams separately. They are still listing combined exams for $2200 as options for Spring/Fall 2010. Confusing....