Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
LEVEL IV - SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION , TECH
900 Hilligoss Blvd SE Fosston, MN
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Essentia Health Fosston’s median price of $185 is 113% above the median hospital's median price ($87), higher than 77% of the 2,557 hospitals reporting CPT 88305. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 39 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $109.31 | $109.31 | $109.31 – $109.31 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $109.31 | $109.31 | $109.31 – $109.31 |
| 3 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $111.84 | $111.84 | $111.84 – $111.84 |
| 4 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $120.52 | $120.52 | $120.52 – $120.52 |
| 5 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $120.52 | $120.52 | $120.52 – $120.52 |
| 6 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $126.87 | $126.87 | $126.87 – $126.87 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $126.87 | $126.87 | $126.87 – $126.87 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $140.50 | $140.50 | $140.50 – $140.50 |
| 9 | Healthpartners medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $140.50 | $140.50 | $140.50 – $140.50 |
| 10 | Medica medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $140.50 | $140.50 | $140.50 – $140.50 |
| 11 | Ucare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $140.50 | $140.50 | $140.50 – $140.50 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $140.50 | $140.50 | $140.50 – $140.50 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $154.55 | $154.55 | $154.55 – $154.55 |
| 14 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $170.85 | $170.85 | $170.85 – $170.85 |
| 15 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $170.85 | $170.85 | $170.85 – $170.85 |
| 16 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $175.06 | $175.06 | $175.06 – $175.06 |
| 17 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $184.90 | $184.90 | $184.90 – $184.90 |
| 18 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $184.90 | $184.90 | $184.90 – $184.90 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $186.86 | $186.86 | $186.86 – $186.86 |
| 20 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $186.86 | $186.86 | $186.86 – $186.86 |
| 21 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $186.86 | $186.86 | $186.86 – $186.86 |
| 22 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $186.86 | $186.86 | $186.86 – $186.86 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $196.70 | $196.70 | $196.70 – $196.70 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $196.70 | $196.70 | $196.70 – $196.70 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $197.63 | $197.63 | $150.34 – $244.92 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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