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
Brainerd, MN
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Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center’s median price of $161 is 85% above the median hospital's median price ($87), higher than 72% 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, 25 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $57.39 | $57.39 | $57.39 – $57.39 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $57.39 | $57.39 | $57.39 – $57.39 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $57.39 | $57.39 | $57.39 – $57.39 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $57.39 | $57.39 | $57.39 – $57.39 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $57.39 | $57.39 | $57.39 – $57.39 |
| 6 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $91.80 | $91.80 | $69.84 – $113.76 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $124.60 | $124.60 | $94.79 – $154.40 |
| 8 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $124.92 | $124.92 | $95.03 – $154.80 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $130.73 | $130.73 | $99.45 – $162.00 |
| 10 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $131.16 | $131.16 | $99.78 – $162.54 |
| 11 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $154.40 | $154.40 | $154.40 – $154.40 |
| 12 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $162.54 | $162.54 | $162.54 – $162.54 |
| 13 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $184.76 | $184.76 | $140.56 – $228.96 |
| 14 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $191.15 | $191.15 | $145.42 – $236.88 |
| 15 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $194.93 | $194.93 | $148.29 – $241.56 |
| 16 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $194.93 | $198.12 | $140.56 – $262.08 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $200.32 | $200.32 | $200.32 – $200.32 |
| 18 | Medica ifb aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $205.39 | $205.39 | $156.25 – $254.52 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $213.52 | $213.52 | $162.44 – $264.60 |
| 20 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $213.52 | $213.52 | $162.44 – $264.60 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $221.07 | $221.07 | $168.18 – $273.96 |
| 22 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $236.88 | $236.88 | $236.88 – $236.88 |
| 23 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $246.93 | $246.93 | $187.85 – $306.00 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $252.00 | $252.00 | $252.00 – $252.00 |
| 25 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $306.00 | $306.00 | $306.00 – $306.00 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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