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
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA $422.35 $34.05 – $253.41
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls, SD $423.20 $37.28 – $476.10
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Hood River, OR $424.50 not published
UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids, IA $424.97 $34.05 – $199.20
OSF St Francis Hospital Escanaba, MI $426.40 not published
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital DECATUR, IL $429.12 $382.65 – $1,089.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville, WI $429.55 $307.10 – $4,074.00
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison, WI $430.40 $34.37 – $114.80
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby, MN $430.40 $130.25 – $484.20
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson (St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc.) Anderson, IN $436.20 $6.28 – $654.69
HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital Mattoon, IL $438.48 $382.65 – $1,011.10
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH $439.40 $391.97 – $3,714.00
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH $439.40 $391.97 – $3,714.00
Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH $439.40 $391.97 – $3,714.00
Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH $439.40 $400.54 – $3,714.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA $442.68 $547.72 – $3,982.87
Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur, NY $443.10 not published
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji, MN $444.00 $144.42 – $499.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls, MN $444.00 $190.64 – $499.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls, MN $444.00 $190.64 – $499.50
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon, WI $445.20 $60.64 – $425.55
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee, WI $445.20 $60.64 – $425.55
Massena Hospital Massena, NY $445.44 not published
Providence Seaside Hospital Seaside, OR $447.75 not published
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese, IL $447.84 $364.43 – $1,089.07
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington, TX $449.25 $64.23 – $70.65
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen, TX $449.25 $64.23 – $69.37
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton, TX $449.25 $64.23 – $70.65
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas, TX $449.25 $64.23 – $69.37
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford Bedford, TX $449.25 $64.23 – $70.65
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano, TX $449.25 $64.23 – $69.37
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX $449.25 $64.23 – $70.65
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX $449.25 $64.23 – $70.65
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville Stephenville, TX $449.25 $64.23 – $69.37
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne Cleburne, TX $449.25 $64.23 – $70.65
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $451.81 $26.22 – $30.59
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg Pittsburg, KS $452.40 $85.94 – $830.64
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407, MN $455.42 $91.15 – $497.45
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN $455.42 $91.15 – $484.14
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN $455.42 $91.15 – $484.14
Ascension St. Vincent Carmel Ambulatory Surgery Center Carmel, IN $456.60 $6.28 – $654.69
Ascension St. Vincent Naab Surgery Center Indianapolis, IN $456.60 $6.28 – $654.69
Ascension St. Vincent Carmel (St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc.) Carmel, IN $456.60 $8.27 – $654.69
Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center (St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, LLC) Carmel, IN $456.60 $8.27 – $654.69
Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville, AR $457.60 $44.27 – $567.50
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla, WA $457.80 $177.40 – $838.05
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo (St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc.) Kokomo, IN $459.00 $6.28 – $654.69
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook, MN $459.20 $138.97 – $516.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy, MN $459.20 $138.97 – $516.60
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee, WI $460.57 $192.94 – $356.63

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