Lab tests CPT 88305 Outpatient

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Spokane, WA

In Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV): from $34.30 to $64.40, with a median of $49.00. The lowest listed price is at Providence Mount Carmel Hospital — $14.70 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $175.47 at 32 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 88305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$34.30Providence Mount Carmel Hospital
Median$49.00half pay less
Highest$64.40in this market
Difference1.9×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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA.

median
Lowest $34.30Highest $464.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital lowest Colville, WA · (509) 684-2561 HC CELL BLOCK $34.30 $49.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC CELL BLOCK $49.00 $70.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah, WA · (509) 935-8211 HC PR 88305 TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $64.40 $92.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville, WA · (509) 684-2561 HC PR 88305 TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $64.40 $92.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC PR 88305 TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $64.40 $92.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC PR 88305 MUSCLE BIOPSY (OF PANL) $64.40 $92.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC PR 88305 TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $64.40 $92.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM LAB $119.70 $171.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM ADDL $119.70 $171.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM IV-T2 $119.70 $171.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC BIOPSY BONE MARROW INTERP $130.20 $186.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville, WA · (509) 684-2561 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM LAB $173.60 $248.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah, WA · (509) 935-8211 HC CELL BLOCK $179.20 $256.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah, WA · (509) 935-8211 HC CYTO CELL BLOCK TC $179.20 $256.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC CELL BLOCK $262.50 $375.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC BIOPSY BONE MARROW INTERP $262.50 $375.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM LAB $262.50 $375.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM ADDL $294.00 $420.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM IV-T2 $294.00 $420.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM LAB $298.20 $426.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah, WA · (509) 935-8211 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM LAB $301.70 $431.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC BIOPSY BONE MARROW INTERP $317.10 $453.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC CELL BLOCK $322.00 $460.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC BIOPSY BONE MARROW INTERP $412.30 $589.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM LAB $464.80 $664.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $34.30, median $49.00, highest $64.40 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $49.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.