Lab tests CPT 88305 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Minot, ND — inpatient

In Minot, ND, 2 hospitals list a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV) as an inpatient: from $141.60 to $141.60, with a median of $141.60. The lowest listed price is at Kenmare Community Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across North Dakota, the median is $112.93 at 18 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$141.60Kenmare Community Hospital + 1 more
Median$141.60half pay less
Highest$141.60in 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 Minot, ND.

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Lowest $141.60Highest $332.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kenmare Community Hospital lowest Kenmare, ND · (701) 385-4296 SURG PATH, LEVEL IV $141.60 $177.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Trinity Hospitals lowest Minot, ND · (701) 857-5000 SURG PATH, LEVEL IV $141.60 $177.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Trinity Hospitals lowest Minot, ND · (701) 857-5000 DERMATOPATHOLOGY EXAM OF TISSUE-M $141.60 $177.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Kenmare Community Hospital lowest Kenmare, ND · (701) 385-4296 DERMATOPATHOLOGY EXAM OF TISSUE-M $141.60 $177.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Trinity Hospitals Minot, ND · (701) 857-5000 89005 RPC,SURG PATH TISSUE EXAM $146.40 $183.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Kenmare Community Hospital Kenmare, ND · (701) 385-4296 89005 RPC,SURG PATH TISSUE EXAM $146.40 $183.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Kenmare Community Hospital Kenmare, ND · (701) 385-4296 SURGICAL PATHOLOGY LEVEL IV $160.80 $201.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Trinity Hospitals Minot, ND · (701) 857-5000 SLIDE PREP-H&E $160.80 $201.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Trinity Hospitals Minot, ND · (701) 857-5000 SURGICAL PATHOLOGY LEVEL IV $160.80 $201.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Kenmare Community Hospital Kenmare, ND · (701) 385-4296 SLIDE PREP-H&E $160.80 $201.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Trinity Hospitals Minot, ND · (701) 857-5000 73036 MPCT,TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLO $233.60 $292.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Kenmare Community Hospital Kenmare, ND · (701) 385-4296 73036 MPCT,TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLO $233.60 $292.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Trinity Hospitals Minot, ND · (701) 857-5000 BM,SURG PATH, LEVEL IV $332.00 $415.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Kenmare Community Hospital Kenmare, ND · (701) 385-4296 BM,SURG PATH, LEVEL IV $332.00 $415.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $141.60, median $141.60, highest $141.60.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $141.60 — 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.