Lab tests CPT 88305 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Centralia, IL — inpatient

In Centralia, IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV) as an inpatient: from $48.25 to $48.25, with a median of $48.25. Across Illinois, the median is $239.40 at 108 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88305, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 3, 2025 and Dec 3, 2025.

Lowest$48.25Salem Township Hospital

Median$48.25half of hospitals charge less

Highest$48.25in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Salem Township Hospital Salem, IL · (618) 548-3194 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO File of Dec 3, 2025 · source file	$48.25	$120.62	$21.71–$96.50	60%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $48.25, median $48.25, highest $48.25.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $48.25 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.