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
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IL $327.25 $435.63 – $457.41
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO $327.60 $39.96 – $419.79
O'Bleness Hospital Athens, OH $331.50 $388.16 – $392.04
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton, CA $331.68 $444.42 – $5,605.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson, TX $332.85 $57.71 – $401.85
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VA $333.50 $404.56 – $511.00
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg, VA $333.50 $404.56 – $416.46
Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore, OK $336.70 $29.36 – $924.27
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton, IA $337.00 $9.59 – $275.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader, IA $337.00 $9.59 – $352.23
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville, IA $337.00 $9.59 – $154.50
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen, SD $337.60 $187.16 – $379.80
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott, AZ $341.32 $39.34 – $205.64
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO $343.20 $169.39 – $169.39
Providence Valdez Medical Center Valdez, AK $351.78 not published
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073, MN $353.19 $100.03 – $515.78
OSF Saint James John W Albrecht Medical Center Pontiac, IL $354.40 $435.63 – $1,766.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced, CA $355.87 $71.48 – $684.09
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City, IA $356.56 $34.05 – $257.61
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA $357.00 $404.56 – $5,220.00
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA $357.00 $404.56 – $5,220.00
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton, VA $357.00 $404.56 – $416.46
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA $357.00 $404.56 – $5,220.00
Sentara Obici Hospital Suffolk, VA $357.00 $404.56 – $5,220.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA $357.00 $404.56 – $3,988.00
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk, VA $357.00 $404.56 – $5,220.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport, PA $357.60 $31.88 – $2,094.25
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge, IA $360.13 $34.05 – $382.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110, TX $360.34 $64.23 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park, TX $360.34 $64.23 – $610.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham, TX $360.34 $68.73 – $540.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station, TX $360.34 $68.73 – $610.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple, TX $360.34 $64.23 – $540.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco, TX $360.34 $64.23 – $610.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100, TX $360.34 $64.23 – $610.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor, TX $360.34 $68.73 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple, TX $360.34 $64.23 – $610.51
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (St. Mary's Health, Inc.) IN 47750|10388 Warrick Wellness Trail Newburgh, IN $361.20 $8.27 – $548.66
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro, PA $362.40 $35.45 – $993.28
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria, IL $365.40 $102.29 – $1,480.97
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA $365.67 $547.82 – $2,570.00
Urbana Hospital Urbana, OH $366.00 not published
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN $369.28 $183.33 – $611.10
Providence Seward Hospital Seward, AK $372.06 not published
OSF St Joseph Medical Center Bloomington, IL $375.60 $435.63 – $1,383.00
St Francis Medical Center Midlothian, VA $376.20 not published
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport, ME $378.65 $36.08 – $194.03
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis, MO $378.95 $286.45 – $1,632.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge, CA $380.84 $71.48 – $1,365.00
UPMC Bedford Everett, PA $381.60 $33.84 – $572.40

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