Biopsy pathology exam cost in Jackson, MS
In Jackson, MS, 12 hospitals list a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV): from $23.10 to $571.83, with a median of $93.45. The lowest listed price is at Merit Health Central — $70.35 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $79.30 at 53 hospitals.
- The median here, $93.45, is 45% below the US median of $171.00.
- That is 1.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($53.24).
- 2 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 cities for code 88305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 30, 2025 and Sep 21, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Jackson, MS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merit Health Central lowest Jackson, MS · (601) 376-1000 $APRL 88305 Bill Surg Path Gross Lvl4 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.10 | $154.00 | $15.86–$500.00 | 85% |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 88305-SP LEVEL IV GROSS MICRO File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $30.66 | $146.00 | $13.76–$135.83 | 79% |
| UMMC Madison Canton, MS · (601) 855-4000 TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $50.80 | $127.00 | $40.76–$143.00 | 60% |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 984-4100 TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $50.80 | $127.00 | $39.30–$143.00 | 60% |
| UMMC Madison Canton, MS · (601) 855-4000 88305 PATHOLOGY EXAMINATION OF TISSUE USING A MICROSCOPE File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $57.20 | $143.00 | $40.76–$143.00 | 60% |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 984-4100 88305 PATHOLOGY EXAMINATION OF TISSUE USING A MICROSCOPE File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $57.20 | $143.00 | $39.30–$143.00 | 60% |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 88305-SP LEVEL IV GROSS MICRO File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $59.86 | $146.00 | $46.76–$131.40 | 59% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC TISSUE, G & M, LEVEL IV File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $81.90 | $130.00 | $32.16–$156.26 | 37% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC RENAL BIOPSY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $91.35 | $145.00 | $32.16–$156.26 | 37% |
| Simpson General Hospital Cah Mendenhall, MS · (601) 847-2221 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity File of Apr 30, 2025 · source file | $105.00 | $150.00 | $37.64–$127.50 | 30% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $130.41 | $207.00 | $38.89–$144.90 | 37% |
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital Forest, MS · (601) 469-4151 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $165.00 | $165.00 | $33.54–$148.50 | — |
| Magee general hospital Magee, MS · (601) 849-5070 HC Surg Path,Level IV - Lab Surg Path,Level IV+1 more line at this price File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file | $227.00 | $227.00 | $46.11–$227.00 | — |
| Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Brandon, MS · (601) 825-2811 $APRL 88305 Bill Surg Path Gross Lvl4 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $385.80 | $2,572.00 | $29.46–$2,572.00 | 85% |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 $APRL 88305 Bill Surg Path Gross Lvl4 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $533.88 | $2,966.00 | $29.46–$2,966.00 | 82% |
| Merit Health Womans Hospital Flowood, MS $APRL 88305 Bill Surg Path Gross Lvl4 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $571.83 | $2,723.00 | $29.46–$2,723.00 | 79% |
Outpatient: lowest $23.10, median $93.45, highest $571.83 — a 24.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $154.45. 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 10 of 12 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.
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