Lab tests CPT 88305 Outpatient

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Urbana, OH

In Urbana, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV): from $249.60 to $249.60, with a median of $249.60. Across Ohio, the median is $203.45 at 97 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

Lowest$249.60Mercy Health - Urbana Hospital
Median$249.60half pay less
Highest$249.60in 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 Urbana, OH.

median
Lowest $249.60Highest $303.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Health - Urbana Hospital lowest Urbana, OH · (937) 653-5231 HC So Tissue Level IV $249.60 $416.00 — 40% —
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Mercy Health - Urbana Hospital Urbana, OH · (937) 653-5231 HC Tissue Level IV $303.60 $506.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $249.60, median $249.60, highest $249.60.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $249.60. 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.