Lab tests CPT 88305 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Sebastian, FL — inpatient

In Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV) as an inpatient: from $26.30 to $26.30, with a median of $26.30. Across Florida, the median is $116.24 at 77 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$26.30Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital
Median$26.30half pay less
Highest$26.30in 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 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL.

median
Lowest $26.30Highest $256.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital lowest Sebastian, FL · (772) 589-3187 Hb Tissue Exam By Pathologist Level Iv (Caris)-Ref $26.30 $65.76 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FL · (772) 589-3187 Hb Level Iv Surgical Path-Ref $108.00 $270.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FL · (772) 589-3187 Hb Level 4 Gross And Microscopic, Rb- Ref $256.00 $640.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $26.30, median $26.30, highest $26.30.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $95.70 — 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are 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.

Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FLHb Surg Path,Level Iv - Lab Surg Path,Level Iv $6.42 file
Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FLHb Surg Path,Level Iv - Lab Surg Path,Level Iv-Ameripath $9.55 file