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
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South Burleson, TX $735.39 $181.74 – $1,187.00
Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur, GA $780.00 $407.74 – $4,840.09
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia, GA $780.00 $407.74 – $4,840.09
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur, GA $780.00 not published
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek, GA $780.00 $412.90 – $4,840.09
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta, GA $780.00 $188.82 – $4,840.09
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta, GA $780.00 $412.90 – $4,840.09
Emory University Hospital Ne, GA $780.00 $407.74 – $4,840.09
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, GA $780.00 $412.90 – $4,840.09
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett, WA $786.24 $420.73 – $1,074.02
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO $793.00 $28.54 – $2,612.34
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter, MO $793.00 $28.67 – $2,612.34
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe, MI $803.00 $59.82 – $547.06
Corewell Health Taylor Taylor, MI $803.00 $60.09 – $547.06
Corewell Health Trenton Trenton, MI $803.00 $59.76 – $547.06
Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI $803.00 $67.46 – $546.82
Corewell Health Wayne Wayne, MI $803.00 $59.54 – $547.06
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian, MS $810.70 $179.93 – $408.94
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190, IL $819.70 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL $819.70 not published
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL $819.70 not published
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL $819.70 not published
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville, PA $823.80 $35.45 – $204.60
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh, PA $823.80 $35.45 – $204.60
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport, PA $823.80 $35.45 – $208.38
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh, PA $823.80 $35.45 – $208.38
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing, NY $857.00 $117.00 – $888.92
Lourdes Hospital Paducah, KY $873.00 not published
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CA $874.62 $38.12 – $392.80
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $887.46 not published
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK $896.35 $85.94 – $845.74
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo, CA $918.72 $444.42 – $6,920.00
Adventhealth Central Texas Killeen, TX $942.01 $94.74 – $4,826.69
Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK $946.14 $751.01 – $751.01
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA $951.65 $202.00 – $1,528.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo, IA $953.00 $9.59 – $3,576.15
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton, MO $960.30 $249.47 – $2,167.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton, MO $960.30 $249.47 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville, MO $960.30 $249.47 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles, MO $960.30 $249.47 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights, MO $960.30 $249.47 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis, MO $960.30 $249.47 – $2,167.00
Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg, OR $966.75 $444.62 – $826.89
Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR $966.75 $444.62 – $903.70
Providence St Vincent Medical Center Portland, OR $966.75 $444.62 – $903.70
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City, OR $966.75 $444.62 – $903.70
Providence Milwaukie Hospital Milwaukie, OR $966.75 $444.62 – $903.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh, PA $987.00 $35.45 – $116.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo, CA $1,016.85 $71.48 – $2,173.64
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA $1,055.40 $35.45 – $931.20

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