Lab tests CPT 88305 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Texarkana, TX — inpatient

In Texarkana, TX-AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV) as an inpatient: from $188.10 to $471.10, with a median of $329.60. The lowest listed price is at CHRISTUS Health - Pine Street — $141.50 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $296.13 at 267 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 88305, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 14, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$188.10CHRISTUS Health - Pine Street

Median$329.60half of hospitals charge less

Highest$471.10in this market

Difference2.5×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 Texarkana, TX-AR.

median

Lowest $188.10Highest $471.10

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
CHRISTUS Health - Pine Street lowest Texarkana, TX · (903) 798-8000 88305 AP Bill Non-Gyn Cytology Cell Block+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file	$188.10	$342.00	$108.76–$307.80	45%
Pam Specialty Hospital of Texarkana North Texarkana, TX Level IV Tissue Exam By Path File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file	$471.10	$471.10	$329.77–$423.99	—

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $188.10, median $329.60, highest $471.10 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $171.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.