Biopsy pathology exam cost in Truckee, CA
In Truckee-Grass Valley, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV): from $20.70 to $20.70, with a median of $20.70. Across California, the median is $152.35 at 150 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Truckee-Grass Valley, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital lowest Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 RL-DP-SUG LEVEL IV | $20.70 | $37.98 | $25.45–$70.21 | 45% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 RL-DP-SUG LEVEL IV RENAL | $39.77 | $72.96 | $48.89–$72.96 | 45% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 GROSS MICRO LEVEL IV | $493.77 | $906.00 | $58.80–$887.88 | 46% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $20.70, median $20.70, highest $20.70.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $20.70. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 88305 ($193.80). 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.
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital Grass Valley, CARL-PL-SURG LEVL IV | $18.13 | file |