Lab tests CPT 88305 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Shreveport, LA — inpatient

In Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV) as an inpatient: from $232.82 to $232.82, with a median of $232.82. Across Louisiana, the median is $78.00 at 27 hospitals.

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

Lowest$232.82Willis Knighton Medical Center
Median$232.82half pay less
Highest$232.82in 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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.

median
Lowest $232.82Highest $635.76

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Willis Knighton Medical Center lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Tcleviv Srg Pth Gros Exmonl-Dp $232.82 $291.02 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Musc Bx Leviv Srg Pth Grossp-M $397.40 $496.75 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Lev Iv Surg Pth Gros Exm Onl-L $506.18 $632.73 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Wet Tiss Leviv Srg Pth Gross-M $635.76 $794.70 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $232.82, median $232.82, highest $232.82.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $232.82 — 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.