Biopsy pathology exam cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV): from $33.94 to $99.00, with a median of $33.94. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center El Paso and 1 other hospital. Across Texas, the median is $255.51 at 98 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 GROSS & MICRO LEVEL IV- | $33.94 | $169.68 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX GROSS & MICRO LEVEL IV- | $33.94 | $169.68 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX PATH GROSS & MICRO L-IV #PF# | $44.10 | $220.50 | $66.93–$67.05 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX PF PATH GROSS & MICRO L-IV #PF# | $44.10 | $220.50 | $66.93–$67.05 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 PATH GROSS & MICRO L-IV #PF# | $44.10 | $220.50 | $66.93–$67.05 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 PF PATH GROSS & MICRO L-IV #PF# | $44.10 | $220.50 | $66.93–$67.05 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SPC GROSS & MICRO LEVEL IV | $45.60 | $228.00 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 SPC GROSS & MICRO LEVEL IV | $45.60 | $228.00 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 GROSS & MICROSCOPIC LEVEL IV | $47.21 | $236.04 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX GROSS & MICROSCOPIC LEVEL IV | $47.21 | $236.04 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX GROSS - MICRO LEVEL IV | $47.94 | $239.72 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 GROSS - MICRO LEVEL IV | $47.94 | $239.72 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 HIST SAT BIOP SAMPL PROSTATE | $55.20 | $276.00 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX HIST SAT BIOP SAMPL PROSTATE | $55.20 | $276.00 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SPC GROSS & MICRO L-IV | $57.46 | $287.28 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 SPC GROSS & MICRO L-IV | $57.46 | $287.28 | $17.81–$215.69 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX HIST GROSS AND MICRO L-IV | $75.36 | $376.80 | $17.81–$237.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 HIST GROSS AND MICRO L-IV | $75.36 | $376.80 | $17.81–$237.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 HIST GROSS & MICRO L-IV | $79.13 | $395.64 | $17.81–$249.25 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX HIST GROSS & MICRO L-IV | $79.13 | $395.64 | $17.81–$249.25 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX PATH PF SAT BIOP SAMPL PROST #PF# | $82.74 | $413.70 | $66.93–$67.05 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 PATH PF SAT BIOP SAMPL PROST #PF# | $82.74 | $413.70 | $66.93–$67.05 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 BONE MARROW W/BIOPSY | $99.00 | $495.00 | $38.26–$396.00 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 HIST GROSS & MICRO LEVEL IV | $203.40 | $1,017.00 | $38.26–$813.60 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 GROSS & MICRO LEVEL IV | $203.40 | $1,017.00 | $38.26–$813.60 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 SPC GROSS & MICRO LEVEL IV | $203.40 | $1,017.00 | $38.26–$813.60 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $33.94, median $33.94, highest $99.00 — a 2.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $33.94. 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 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.
5 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 88305 ($186.06). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXPATH PF GROSS & MICRO L-IV #PF# | $9.20 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXPATH PF GROSS & MICRO L-IV #PF# | $9.45 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXPATH PROFEE GROSS & MICRO L-IV #PF# | $9.45 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXPATH PF GROSS & MICRO L-IV #PF# | $9.45 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXPATH PROFEE GROSS & MICRO L-IV #PF# | $9.45 | file |