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
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls, MN $224.78 $98.26 – $429.55
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna, MN $224.78 $100.45 – $434.86
CHI Health Plainview Plainview, NE $225.12 $163.48 – $362.93
Hardin Memorial Hospital Kenton, OH $226.20 not published
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler, NE $227.80 $57.41 – $303.43
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge, IL $230.00 $181.24 – $6,291.00
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay, WI $230.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington, WI $230.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton, WI $230.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers, WI $230.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha, WI $230.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac, WI $230.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan, WI $230.00 not published
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee, WI $230.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit, WI $230.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford, WI $230.00 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis, WI $230.00 not published
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff, CA $230.68 $127.77 – $373.00
Mercy Hospital Ozark River Ozark, AR $232.05 $28.29 – $567.50
Mercy Hospital Paris Academy Paris, AR $232.05 $85.94 – $567.50
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville, AR $232.05 $85.94 – $567.50
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City, NE $232.40 $59.98 – $268.80
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital Hobbs, NM $232.68 $403.23 – $564.53
Allen Hospital Oberlin, OH $233.40 not published
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA $233.80 $203.00 – $1,528.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJ $234.00 $79.41 – $245.70
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen, NJ $234.00 $79.41 – $255.06
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx, NY $235.13 $0.01 – $645.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York, NY $235.13 $0.01 – $645.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York, NY $235.13 $0.01 – $645.00
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373, NY $235.13 $0.01 – $645.00
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY $235.13 $0.01 – $761.17
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn, NY $235.13 $0.01 – $645.00
North Central Bronx Bronx, NY $235.13 $0.01 – $761.17
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg, CA $235.62 $20.67 – $159.34
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland, WA $235.90 $63.11 – $838.05
Henry Ford Rochester Hospital Rochester, MI $236.88 $105.13 – $369.89
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX $240.24 $271.33 – $430.83
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview, TX $240.66 $152.34 – $430.83
Willard Hospital Willard, OH $241.80 not published
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA $242.20 $399.00 – $1,528.00
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance, CA $242.20 $399.00 – $1,528.00
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima, WA $244.40 $319.76 – $813.03
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell, IA $244.80 $34.05 – $197.70
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa, IA $244.80 $34.05 – $90.95
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin, IL $245.00 $181.79 – $4,116.00
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester, SC $245.00 $214.20 – $2,261.00
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon San Antonio, TX $247.17 $54.96 – $373.16
Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton, WI $247.95 $39.38 – $182.45
Southeastern Medical Center Cambridge, OH $250.25 $384.59 – $399.98

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