Lab tests CPT 88305 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Gulfport, MS — inpatient

In Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV) as an inpatient: from $41.80 to $41.80, with a median of $41.80. Across Mississippi, the median is $79.04 at 48 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88305, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$41.80Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock

Median$41.80half of hospitals charge less

Highest$41.80in this market

Difference1.0×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 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS.

median

Lowest $41.80Highest $126.54

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock lowest Bay St. Louis, MS · (228) 467-8600 HC MUSCLE OR NERVE TISSSUE EXAM - RL source file	$41.80	$110.00	—	62%
Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock Bay St. Louis, MS · (228) 467-8600 HC RENAL BIOPSY source file	$44.08	$116.00	—	62%
Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock Bay St. Louis, MS · (228) 467-8600 HC TISSUE, G & M, LEVEL IV source file	$48.64	$128.00	—	62%
Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock Bay St. Louis, MS · (228) 467-8600 HC LEVEL 4 GROSS & MICROSCOPIC, RB - RL source file	$126.54	$333.00	—	62%

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 $41.80, median $41.80, highest $41.80.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $86.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.