Skin Biopsy cost at US hospitals

Tangential biopsy of skin, single lesion · CPT 11102

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Skin Biopsy

A skin biopsy takes a small sample of skin so a pathologist can look at it under a microscope. This code covers the shallow kind, where the lesion is shaved or scooped off the surface rather than cut out in a deep wedge. The sample, not the removal, is the point.

$38.64

lowest cash price

$360.34

national median

$3,421.00

highest cash price

673

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $38.64–$3,421.00 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$38.64

Dickenson Community Hospital — CLINTWOOD, VA

Most expensive published cash price

$3,421.00

Houston Methodist Hospital — Houston, TX

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($231.52) → Sep 1, 2026 ($415.32)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 5 $351.78 $372.06 $946.14
Arizona 13 $95.50 $178.20 $341.32
Arkansas 7 $69.73 $232.05 $457.60
California 85 $74.60 $576.80 $1,560.67
Colorado 14 $121.50 $730.08 $730.08
Florida 77 $393.80 $665.60 $2,671.28
Georgia 25 $258.41 $560.04 $780.00
Hawaii 2 $112.96 $112.96 $314.25
Illinois 44 $105.00 $327.25 $1,933.92
Indiana 25 $48.82 $456.60 $489.00
Iowa 24 $128.64 $337.00 $1,850.00
Kansas 11 $452.40 $677.52 $677.52
Kentucky 11 $74.72 $204.00 $873.00
Louisiana 3 $288.34 $288.34 $288.34
Maine 7 $214.60 $260.75 $378.65
Michigan 26 $236.88 $593.00 $803.00
Minnesota 19 $224.78 $444.00 $459.20
Mississippi 10 $129.78 $179.52 $1,474.00
Missouri 21 $181.50 $655.85 $960.30
Montana 2 $152.00 $152.00 $397.60
Nebraska 13 $132.30 $132.30 $232.40
Nevada 3 $161.54 $161.54 $178.88
New Hampshire 1 $600.90 $600.90 $600.90
New Jersey 9 $217.16 $219.93 $234.00
New Mexico 2 $232.68 $232.68 $232.68
New York 23 $235.13 $415.32 $857.00
North Carolina 14 $206.55 $206.55 $476.00
North Dakota 2 $420.80 $420.80 $460.80
Ohio 64 $120.02 $366.00 $642.80
Oklahoma 10 $283.40 $336.70 $896.35
Oregon 13 $79.36 $560.15 $966.75
Pennsylvania 23 $98.40 $617.60 $1,055.40
South Carolina 11 $200.50 $277.00 $324.00
South Dakota 2 $337.60 $337.60 $423.20
Tennessee 28 $38.64 $39.15 $369.28
Texas 108 $83.30 $332.85 $3,421.00
Virginia 32 $38.64 $333.50 $467.00
Washington 31 $116.93 $288.80 $786.24
West Virginia 16 $61.20 $400.50 $2,881.33
Wisconsin 31 $230.00 $288.42 $589.60
Wyoming 1 $125.58 $125.58 $125.58

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
Fairfield Hospital Fairfield, OH $606.60 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati, OH $606.60 not published
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI $611.00 $303.69 – $729.10
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI $611.00 $303.69 – $729.10
The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY $611.77 not published
UPMC Altoona Altoona, PA $613.80 $32.23 – $818.40
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis, MO $615.45 $243.69 – $2,109.00
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg, PA $617.60 $40.28 – $913.86
WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital Waynesboro, PA $617.60 $33.84 – $720.29
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital Lebanon, PA $617.60 $40.29 – $1,209.00
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle, WA $617.76 $470.74 – $1,101.53
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle, WA $617.76 $470.74 – $1,430.11
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah, WA $617.76 $442.69 – $1,047.98
Adventhealth Zephyrhills Zephyrhills, FL $618.20 $424.52 – $984.49
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa, FL $618.20 $424.52 – $942.42
HSHS St. John's Hospital IL 62769|301 N. 8th St., IL $625.68 $364.43 – $1,089.07
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA $639.00 $35.45 – $208.38
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa, FL $642.62 $424.52 – $942.42
Adventhealth Riverview Riverview, FL $642.62 not published
Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) Kettering, OH $642.80 $400.54 – $11,143.00
Kettering Health Miamisburg (Sycamore) Miamisburg, OH $642.80 $403.03 – $11,143.00
Kettering Health Dayton (Grandview) Dayton, OH $642.80 $400.54 – $11,143.00
Soin Medical Center Beaver Creek, OH $642.80 $400.54 – $11,143.00
Kettering Health Greene Memorial Xenia, OH $642.80 $398.40 – $11,143.00
Kettering Health Hamilton (Fort Hamilton) Hamilton, OH $642.80 $403.03 – $11,143.00
Kettering Health Troy Troy, OH $642.80 $398.40 – $11,143.00
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora, MO $655.85 $44.27 – $419.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca, PA $658.20 $35.45 – $152.64
Baptist Hospital MIAMI, FL $665.60 $173.17 – $921.60
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH, FL $665.60 $205.82 – $921.60
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES, FL $665.60 $179.20 – $921.60
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI, FL $665.60 $178.18 – $921.60
Homestead Hospital HOMESTEAD, FL $665.60 $167.89 – $921.60
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI, FL $665.60 $175.10 – $921.60
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach, FL $673.15 $403.29 – $927.35
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York, NY $675.00 $223.36 – $1,047.55
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA $676.90 $444.24 – $3,379.00
Adventhealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS $677.52 $162.00 – $1,116.12
Adventhealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS $677.52 $162.00 – $1,116.12
Adventhealth Ottawa Ottawa, KS $677.52 $162.00 – $1,087.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley, CA $695.97 $71.48 – $1,203.44
AdventHealth Orlando Orlando, FL $699.00 $424.52 – $1,124.97
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights, IL $723.10 not published
Adventhealth North Pinellas Tarpon Springs, FL $726.73 $424.52 – $942.42
AdventHealth Parker Parker, CO $730.08 $66.37 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton, CO $730.08 $66.37 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Porter Denver, CO $730.08 $66.37 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Avista Louisville, CO $730.08 $66.37 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO $730.08 $66.37 – $1,083.00
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield, TX $735.39 $181.74 – $1,187.00

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