Shave skin biopsy cost in Grand Rapids, MI
In Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, 5 hospitals list a cash price for tangential (shave-style) skin biopsy, one lesion: from $130.00 to $489.00, with a median of $475.00. The lowest listed price is at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital — $345.00 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $166.38 at 49 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MI PR TANGENTIAL BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $130.00 | $130.00 | $75.48–$305.20 | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland, MI · (616) 772-4644 Hc Tangential Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $475.00 | $475.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Greenville Hospital Greenville, MI · (616) 754-4691 Hc Tangential Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $475.00 | $475.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 Hc Tangential Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $489.00 | $489.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 Hc Tangential Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $489.00 | $489.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI Hc Tangential Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $489.00 | $489.00 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $130.00, median $475.00, highest $489.00 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $475.00. 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.