Lab tests CPT 88305 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Kiryas Joel, NY — inpatient

In Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, 4 hospitals list a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV) as an inpatient: from $152.50 to $923.00, with a median of $715.00. The lowest listed price is at Garnet Health Medical Center — $562.50 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $180.00 at 91 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 88305, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 28, 2026.

Lowest$152.50Garnet Health Medical Center
Median$715.00half pay less
Highest$923.00in this market
Difference6.1×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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY.

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Lowest $152.50Highest $923.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Garnet Health Medical Center lowest Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Lvl 4 Tissue Exam By Pathologist $152.50 $610.00 — 75% Apr 1, 2026
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Garnet Health Medical Center lowest Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Cell Block $152.50 $610.00 — 75% Apr 1, 2026
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Garnet Health Medical Center lowest Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Surgical Path Lev Iv $152.50 $610.00 — 75% Apr 1, 2026
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Garnet Health Medical Center lowest Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Renal Biopsy Woem-3 $152.50 $610.00 — 75% Apr 1, 2026
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Mid Hudson Regional Hospital Poughkeepsie, NY TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $507.00 $507.00 $152.10–$507.00 — Jul 28, 2026
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Mid Hudson Regional Hospital Poughkeepsie, NY TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $507.00 $507.00 $152.10–$507.00 — Jul 28, 2026
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Mid Hudson Regional Hospital Poughkeepsie, NY TISSUE EX BY PATHOLOGIST LV 4 $681.00 $681.00 $204.30–$681.00 — Jul 28, 2026
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Mid Hudson Regional Hospital Poughkeepsie, NY TISSUE EX BY PATHOLOGIST LV 4 $681.00 $681.00 $204.30–$681.00 — Jul 28, 2026
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St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick, NY · (845) 986-2276 88305 -Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic exam $923.00 $923.00 $276.90–$461.50 — Jun 30, 2026
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St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick, NY · (845) 986-2276 88305 AP Bill Level IV Complexity SOFT $923.00 $923.00 $276.90–$461.50 — Jun 30, 2026
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Bon Secours Community Hospital St. Port Jervis, NY · (845) 856-5351 88305 -Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic exam $923.00 $923.00 $276.90–$646.10 — Jun 29, 2026
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St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick, NY · (845) 986-2276 88305 AP Bill Level IV Complexity SOFT $923.00 $923.00 $276.90–$461.50 — Jun 30, 2026
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St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick, NY · (845) 986-2276 88305 -Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic exam $923.00 $923.00 $276.90–$461.50 — Jun 30, 2026
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Bon Secours Community Hospital St. Port Jervis, NY · (845) 856-5351 88305 -Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic exam $923.00 $923.00 $276.90–$646.10 — Jun 29, 2026
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Bon Secours Community Hospital St. Port Jervis, NY · (845) 856-5351 88305 AP Bill Level IV Complexity SOFT $923.00 $923.00 $276.90–$646.10 — Jun 29, 2026
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Bon Secours Community Hospital St. Port Jervis, NY · (845) 856-5351 88305 AP Bill Level IV Complexity SOFT $923.00 $923.00 $276.90–$646.10 — Jun 29, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $152.50, median $715.00, highest $923.00 — a 6.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $715.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 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.