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
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney, NE not published $71.44 – $71.44
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago, IL not published $207.13 – $335.55
Ascension Alexian Brothers Rehabilitation Hospital (Alexian Brothers Medical Center) Elk Grove Village, IL not published $196.77 – $335.55
MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL RED OAK, TX not published $63.27 – $463.83
MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD HOSPITAL Weatherford, TX not published $64.23 – $202.56
MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL McKinney, TX not published $64.23 – $202.56
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Williamsburg, VA not published $404.56 – $416.46
HCA FLORIDA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Davie, FL not published $1,385.47 – $1,385.47
Adventhealth Palm Coast Palm Coast, FL not published $403.29 – $906.72
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin, WI not published $192.94 – $356.63
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville, FL not published $191.47 – $408.87
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Jacksonville, FL not published $193.47 – $408.87
Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County (St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.) Saint Johns, FL not published $195.46 – $408.87
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville, TN not published $45.00 – $2,225.50
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City, FL not published $199.45 – $368.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro, TN not published $45.00 – $2,225.50
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe, FL not published $213.61 – $395.18
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola, FL not published $199.45 – $368.98
Henry Ford Warren Hospital Warren, MI not published $184.95 – $369.89
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville, TN not published $45.00 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville, TN not published $45.00 – $2,225.50
Ascension St. John Jane Phillips (Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center, Inc.) Bartlesville, OK not published $202.43 – $455.47
Ascension St. John Owasso (Owasso Medical Facility, Inc.) Owasso, OK not published $189.01 – $425.27
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta, TN not published $45.00 – $2,225.50
Ascension St. John Medical Center (St. John Medical Center, Inc.) Tulsa, OK not published $189.01 – $756.04
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers (St. Vincent Fishers Hospital, Inc.) Fishers, IN not published $8.27 – $74.63
St Elias Specialty Hospital Anchorage, AK not published $115.96 – $430.83
Henry Ford River District Hospital China Township, MI not published $184.95 – $369.89
Henry Ford Genesys Hospital Grand Blanc Twp, MI not published $104.79 – $422.79
Henry Ford St John Hospital Detroit, MI not published $184.95 – $369.89
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.) Wichita, KS not published $183.76 – $514.53
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph, MI not published $205.23 – $607.58
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet, MI not published $409.44 – $614.16
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington, ME not published $36.59 – $186.30
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas, TX not published $94.74 – $4,826.69
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles, LA not published $176.99 – $394.26
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria, LA not published $106.31 – $444.17
Central Medical Center Seattle, WA not published not published
Adventhealth Ocala Ocala, FL not published $424.52 – $942.42
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester, KY not published $381.43 – $381.43
Adventhealth Dade City Dade City, FL not published $424.52 – $962.25
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin, TX not published $39.55 – $1,000.00
HCA FLORIDA PASADENA HOSPITAL South Pasadena, FL not published $1,252.97 – $1,279.35
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin, TX not published $39.55 – $1,000.00
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville, TX not published $39.55 – $1,000.00
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc Manhattan, KS not published $48.02 – $514.53
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick (St. Mary's Warrick Hospital, Inc.) Boonville, IN not published $6.28 – $74.63
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA not published $64.33 – $403.95
Adventhealth Murray Po Box 1406, GA not published $378.49 – $750.17
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin, TX not published $39.55 – $1,000.00

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