Lab tests CPT 88305 Outpatient

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Greenwood, SC

In Greenwood, SC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV): from $114.16 to $133.18, with a median of $123.67. The lowest listed price is at Self Regional Healthcare — $9.51 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $114.16 at 34 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 88305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$114.16Self Regional Healthcare
Median$123.67half pay less
Highest$133.18in this market
Difference1.2×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Greenwood, SC.

median
Lowest $114.16Highest $133.18

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Self Regional Healthcare lowest Greenwood, SC · (864) 227-4111 HC Gross & Micro Lev IV $114.16 $190.26 $163.24–$175.04 40% —
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Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville, SC · (864) 366-5011 HC Gross & Micro Lev IV $133.18 $190.26 $57.08–$136.80 30% —
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Outpatient: lowest $114.16, median $123.67, highest $133.18 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.