Surgery and procedures CPT 11102 Outpatient

Shave skin biopsy cost in Bay City, TX

In Bay City, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for tangential (shave-style) skin biopsy, one lesion: from $249.50 to $249.50, with a median of $249.50. Across Texas, the median is $360.34 at 175 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 11102, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$249.50Matagorda Regional Medical Center
Median$249.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$249.50in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Matagorda Regional Medical Center Bay City, TX · (979) 245-6383 TANGENTIAL BIOPSY-SKIN,1 LESIO source file $249.50 $499.00 $199.60–$374.25 50%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Outpatient: lowest $249.50, median $249.50, highest $249.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $249.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

In this biopsy a thin layer of a skin spot is shaved or scooped off with a blade or curette and sent for testing. It is used to check moles, growths or rashes for skin cancer or other conditions.

What the price covers

The price covers taking the sample from one lesion. The pathologist's exam of the sample and the office or clinic visit are usually billed separately.