Shave skin biopsy cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 5 hospitals list a cash price for tangential (shave-style) skin biopsy, one lesion: from $28.08 to $69.60, with a median of $48.82. The lowest listed price is at Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center and 1 other hospital — $20.74 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $358.15 at 41 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 2 cities for code 11102, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center lowest Fort Wayne, IN 11102 TANGENTIAL BIOPSY OF SKIN (EG, SHAVE, SCOOP, | $28.08 | $104.00 | $380.90–$1,767.49 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital lowest Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 11102 TANGENTIAL BIOPSY OF SKIN (EG, SHAVE, SCOOP, | $28.08 | $104.00 | $380.90–$1,767.49 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC TANGENTIAL BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION TECH | $48.82 | $97.65 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 11102 Tangntl bx Skin Single Les | $55.68 | $232.00 | $55.68–$208.80 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN 11102 Tangntl bx Skin Single Les | $62.64 | $232.00 | $380.90–$1,767.49 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 11102 Tangntl bx Skin Single Les | $62.64 | $232.00 | $380.90–$1,767.49 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 11102 Tangntl bx Skin Single Les | $69.60 | $232.00 | $28.54–$208.80 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 11102 TANGENTIAL BIOPSY OF SKIN (EG, SHAVE, SCOOP, | $76.80 | $256.00 | $28.54–$230.40 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LES | $8,536.64 | $31,617.20 | $89.09–$28,455.48 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LES | $11,525.40 | $38,418.00 | $28.54–$34,576.20 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $28.08, median $48.82, highest $69.60 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $48.82. 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 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is below every plan's rate. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 11102 ($267.11). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN11102 TANGENTIAL BIOPSY OF SKIN (EG, SHAVE, SCOOP, | $24.96 | file |