Lab tests CPT 88305 Wisconsin Outpatient

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Wisconsin

In Wisconsin, 98 hospitals publish a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV): from $29.40 to $847.76, with a median of $215.80. The lowest price is at Beloit Memorial Hospital (Beloit). The highest price is 28.8× the lowest.

  • The median here, $215.80, is 27% above the US median of $170.33.
  • That is 4.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($53.24).
  • Wisconsin ranks 36th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 4 of 98 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 88305. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$29.40Beloit Memorial Hospital
Median$215.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$847.76in Wisconsin
Lowest saves$186.40vs the median

Hospitals in Wisconsin, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Beloit Memorial Hospital lowest Beloit · Janesville-Beloit, WI 85103 AP Bill Bone Marrow Needle Bx $29.40 $98.00 Oct 12, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Berlin Berlin · Berlin, WI MISC LEVEL IV $39.65 $70.80 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-OSP Appleton · Appleton, WI MISC LEVEL IV $39.65 $70.80 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton · Appleton, WI MISC LEVEL IV $39.65 $70.80 Aug 7, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Fond Du Lac Fond Du Lac · Fond du Lac, WI MISC LEVEL IV $39.65 $70.80 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah Neenah · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MISC LEVEL IV $39.65 $70.80 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-New London New London · New London, WI MISC LEVEL IV $39.65 $70.80 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Oshkosh Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MISC LEVEL IV $39.65 $70.80 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Shawano Shawano · Shawano, WI MISC LEVEL IV $39.65 $70.80 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Waupaca Waupaca · Waupaca, WI MISC LEVEL IV $39.65 $70.80 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Wild Rose Wild Rose · Wild Rose, WI MISC LEVEL IV $39.65 $70.80 Aug 8, 2026
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Sauk Prairie Healthcare Prairie Du Sac · Baraboo, WI SLP-SLIDE PREPARATION $49.23 $90.00 Jan 29, 2026
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River Falls Area Hospital River Falls · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HCHG CELL BLOCK $55.27 $98.70 Jun 15, 2026
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Bellin Memorial Health Green Bay · Green Bay, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC EXAM, LEVEL 4 COSMETIC $69.45 $150.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Fort Memorial Hospital Fort Atkinson · Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI .88305 Tissue Level IV, Gross & Microscopic $72.00 $225.00 Jun 17, 2026
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Grant Regional Health Center Lancaster · Platteville, WI Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity $95.46 $146.86 Sep 18, 2026
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Gundersen St Josephs Hospital and Clinics Hillsboro · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC EXAM, LEVEL 4 COSMETIC $106.78 $203.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Westfields Hospital New Richmond · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Surgical Pathology study $107.83 $205.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY GROSS EXAM LEVEL IV $121.37 $229.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - Elmbrook Campus Brookfield · Brookfield, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY GROSS EXAM LEVEL IV $121.37 $229.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - Franklin Campus Franklin · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY GROSS EXAM LEVEL IV $121.37 $229.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension St. Francis Hospital Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY GROSS EXAM LEVEL IV $121.37 $229.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY GROSS EXAM LEVEL IV $121.37 $229.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Southwest Health Center Platteville · Platteville, WI LCHG PROSTATE NEEDLE BIOPSY TC $122.25 $163.00 Mar 27, 2026
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Ascension Calumet Hospital Chilton · Appleton, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY GROSS EXAM LVL IV $124.83 $219.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY GROSS EXAM LVL IV $124.83 $219.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus Appleton · Appleton, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY GROSS EXAM LVL IV $124.83 $219.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Hudson Hospital Hudson · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Surgical pathology study $124.95 $277.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin Fox Valley Neenah · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI HBC FV SURG PATH LEVEL IV TECH $126.36 $229.75 Mar 24, 2026
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Bellin Health Oconto Hospital Oconto · Green Bay, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC EXAM, LEVEL 4 $128.25 $277.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin Glendale · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI SURG GROSS & MICRO IV $139.39 $263.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Memorial Hospital of Boscobel Boscobel · Platteville, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC EXAM, LEVEL 4 $155.53 $302.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Edgerton Hospital and Health Services Edgerton · Janesville-Beloit, WI LCHG CELL BLOCK $164.25 $225.00 Jul 19, 2026
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Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital Pleasant Prairie · Kenosha, WI Cell Block,Aspir $173.59 $231.45 Jul 1, 2026
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HBC SURG PATH LEVEL IV GROSS & MICRO EXAM PLACENTA <3RD TRIMEST $181.36 $329.75 Mar 23, 2026
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Amery Hospital East Amery · East Amery, WI Surgical Pathology study $207.00 $397.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior · Duluth, MN-WI LEVEL IV - SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION , TECH $207.66 $281.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Tomah Memorial Hospital Tomah · Sparta, WI Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity $209.16 $363.75 Oct 28, 2026
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Cumberland Memorial Hospital Cumberland · Rice Lake, WI TISSUE LEVEL 4 (MAJOR1),TC $211.05 $211.05 Apr 16, 2026
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Burnett Medical Center Grantsburg · Grantsburg, WI Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity $214.40 $268.00 Oct 2, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital Portage · Madison, WI Path Level IV 88305 Initial -Tech-Mh $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Eagle River Hospital Eagle River · Eagle River, WI Fac Tissue Exam by Pathologist $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Langlade Hospital Antigo · Antigo, WI Path Level IV 88305 Initial -Tech-Mh $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Medford Hospital Medford · Medford, WI Path Level IV 88305 Initial -Tech-Mh $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital Merrill · Merrill, WI Fac Tissue Exam by Pathologist $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Plover Hospital Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI Fac Tissue Exam by Pathologist $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital Rhinelander · Rhinelander, WI Path Level IV 88305 Initial -Tech-Mh $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stanley Hospital Stanley · Eau Claire, WI Path Level IV 88305 Initial -Tech-Mh $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI Fac Surgical Path Level 4 $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Tomahawk Hospital Tomahawk · Tomahawk, WI Path Level IV 88305 Initial -Tech-Mh $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau · Wausau, WI Path Level IV 88305 Initial -Tech-Mh $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital Wisconsin Rapids · Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Path Level IV 88305 Initial -Tech-Mh $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Howard Young Medical Center Woodruff · Woodruff, WI Fac Surgical Path Level 4 $215.80 $332.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Gundersen Tri-County Hospital & Clinics Whitehall · Whitehall, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC EXAM, LEVEL 4 $217.46 $343.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield Marshfield · Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI LVL 4 SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO-TECH $218.50 $230.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Vernon Memorial Healthcare Viroqua · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC EXAM, LEVEL 4 $240.00 $240.00 Nov 21, 2025
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Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics Friendship · Friendship, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC EXAM, LEVEL 4 $242.32 $477.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Stoughton Hospital Stoughton · Madison, WI Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity $254.65 $463.00 Jun 11, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire Eau Claire · Eau Claire, WI LVL 4 SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO-TECH $259.35 $273.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Ladysmith Ladysmith · Ladysmith, WI LVL 4 SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO-TECH $259.35 $273.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Minocqua Minocqua · Minocqua, WI LVL 4 SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO-TECH $259.35 $273.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Neillsville Neillsville · Neillsville, WI LVL 4 SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO-TECH $259.35 $273.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Park Falls Park Falls · Park Falls, WI LVL 4 SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO-TECH $259.35 $273.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake Rice Lake · Rice Lake, WI LVL 4 SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO-TECH $259.35 $273.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - River Region at Stevens Point Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI LVL 4 SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO-TECH $259.35 $273.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Weston Weston · Wausau, WI LVL 4 SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO-TECH $259.35 $273.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY GROSS EXAM LEVEL IV $286.73 $541.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus Mequon · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY GROSS EXAM LEVEL IV $286.73 $541.00 Jan 1, 2026
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St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $297.66 $451.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Green Bay · Green Bay, WI TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $297.66 $451.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Clare Memorial Hospital Oconto Falls · Green Bay, WI TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $297.66 $451.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Marys Hospital Medical Center Green Bay · Green Bay, WI TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $297.66 $451.00 Mar 24, 2026
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Mercyhealth Hospital & Medical Center - Walworth Lake Geneva · Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI CHG LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM $316.70 $422.26 Mar 1, 2026
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Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay · Green Bay, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Lakeland Medical Center Elkhorn · Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette · Marinette, WI-MI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington · Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac · Fond du Lac, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers · Manitowoc, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant · Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora St Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI KIDNEY BIOPSY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora St. Luke's South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro Cudahy · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI KIDNEY BIOPSY, LEVEL IV $317.50 $635.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center Prairie Du Chien · Prairie Du Chien, WI Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity $345.00 $345.00 Oct 22, 2026
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Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center Janesville · Janesville-Beloit, WI CHG LEVEL IV SURG PATHOLOGY GROSS&MICROSCOPIC EXAM $374.44 $499.25 Mar 1, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI LVL 4 SURG PATH GROSS & MICRO-TECH $401.85 $423.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Black River Memorial Hospital Black River Falls · Black River Falls, WI Pathology Level IV PROF $464.40 $516.00 Jan 8, 2026
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Spooner Health System Spooner · Spooner, WI TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST $486.00 $540.00 Jul 20, 2026
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AdventHealth Durand Durand · Durand, WI HC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY LEVEL IV $549.65 $549.65 Apr 1, 2026
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UnityPoint Health - Meriter Madison · Madison, WI HC SURG PATH, LEVEL-IV $712.40 $890.49 Jan 28, 2026
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OakLeaf Surgical Hospital Altoona · Eau Claire, WI PATHOLOGY EXAMINATION OF TISSUE USING A MICROSCOPE; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY $847.76 $941.95 Feb 19, 2026
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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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
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
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 16 $121.37 $302.12
Green Bay, WI 6 $69.45 $297.66
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 5 $39.65 $124.83
Appleton, WI 4 $39.65 $82.24
Eau Claire, WI 3 $215.80 $259.35
Janesville-Beloit, WI 3 $29.40 $164.25
Madison, WI 3 $215.80 $254.65
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 $55.27 $107.83
Platteville, WI 3 $95.46 $122.25
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 3 $215.80 $215.80
Fond du Lac, WI 2 $39.65 $178.58
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 2 $106.78 $173.39
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI 2 $317.50 $317.50
Rice Lake, WI 2 $211.05 $235.20
Sheboygan, WI 2 $297.66 $307.58
Wausau, WI 2 $215.80 $237.58
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI 2 $316.70 $317.10
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 2 $215.80 $217.15
Antigo, WI 1 $215.80 $215.80
Berlin, WI 1 $39.65 $39.65
Black River Falls, WI 1 $464.40 $464.40
Brookfield, WI 1 $121.37 $121.37
Baraboo, WI 1 $49.23 $49.23
Beaver Dam, WI 1 $401.85 $401.85
Durand, WI 1 $549.65 $549.65
Duluth, MN-WI 1 $207.66 $207.66
Eagle River, WI 1 $215.80 $215.80
East Amery, WI 1 $207.00 $207.00
Friendship, WI 1 $242.32 $242.32
Grantsburg, WI 1 $214.40 $214.40
Kenosha, WI 1 $173.59 $173.59
Ladysmith, WI 1 $259.35 $259.35
Medford, WI 1 $215.80 $215.80
Merrill, WI 1 $215.80 $215.80
Minocqua, WI 1 $259.35 $259.35
Manitowoc, WI 1 $317.50 $317.50
Marinette, WI-MI 1 $317.50 $317.50
Neillsville, WI 1 $259.35 $259.35
New London, WI 1 $39.65 $39.65
Park Falls, WI 1 $259.35 $259.35
Prairie Du Chien, WI 1 $345.00 $345.00
Rhinelander, WI 1 $215.80 $215.80
Spooner, WI 1 $486.00 $486.00
Shawano, WI 1 $39.65 $39.65
Sparta, WI 1 $209.16 $209.16
Tomahawk, WI 1 $215.80 $215.80
Waupaca, WI 1 $39.65 $39.65
Whitehall, WI 1 $217.46 $217.46
Wild Rose, WI 1 $39.65 $39.65
Woodruff, WI 1 $215.80 $215.80
Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI 1 $72.00 $72.00
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

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