Lab tests CPT 88305 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Richmond, KY — inpatient

In Richmond-Berea, KY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV) as an inpatient: from $84.00 to $84.00, with a median of $84.00. Across Kentucky, the median is $220.95 at 15 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88305, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$84.00Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Median$84.00half pay less
Highest$84.00in 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 Richmond-Berea, KY.

median
Lowest $84.00Highest $291.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital lowest Irvine, KY · (606) 723-2115 HC So Tissue Level IV $84.00 $140.00 — 40% —
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Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital Irvine, KY · (606) 723-2115 HC Tissue Level IV $291.00 $485.00 — 40% —
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Inpatient: lowest $84.00, median $84.00, highest $84.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $227.29 — 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.