Lab tests CPT 88305 Outpatient

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Cedartown, GA

In Cedartown, GA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV): from $290.00 to $290.00, with a median of $290.00. Across Georgia, the median is $80.63 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 19, 2025 and Nov 19, 2025.

Lowest$290.00Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Median$290.00half pay less
Highest$290.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center Cedartown, GA · (770) 748-2500 HC SURG PATH LEVEL IV $290.00 $580.00 $36.42–$522.00 50% Nov 19, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $290.00, median $290.00, highest $290.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $290.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This code covers the lab exam of a tissue sample under a microscope. Most biopsies use it, including skin, colon polyp, stomach, breast core and prostate core biopsies.

What the price covers

The price is usually for one specimen. Each separate specimen is billed again, and the pathologist's reading may be billed separately.