Lab tests CPT 88305 Outpatient

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Harrisonburg, VA

In Harrisonburg, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV): from $168.50 to $168.50, with a median of $168.50. Across Virginia, the median is $212.40 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$168.50Sentara RMH Medical Center
Median$168.50half pay less
Highest$168.50in 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 Harrisonburg, VA.

median
Lowest $168.50Highest $168.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sentara RMH Medical Center lowest Harrisonburg, VA · (540) 689-1000 Chgl B Cpt88305B, Bill Only $168.50 $337.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara RMH Medical Center lowest Harrisonburg, VA · (540) 689-1000 Chgl Surg Path Level Iv $168.50 $337.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara RMH Medical Center lowest Harrisonburg, VA · (540) 689-1000 Chgl Bone Marrow Asp Clot $168.50 $337.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara RMH Medical Center lowest Harrisonburg, VA · (540) 689-1000 Chgl Bone Marrow Bx Interpret $168.50 $337.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara RMH Medical Center lowest Harrisonburg, VA · (540) 689-1000 Chgl Cytology Cell Block $168.50 $337.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $168.50, median $168.50, highest $168.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $168.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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.

Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg, VAChgl Research Study-H&E $2.50 file