Surgery and procedures CPT 11102 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Shave skin biopsy cost in Houma, LA — inpatient

In Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for tangential (shave-style) skin biopsy, one lesion as an inpatient: from $149.93 to $392.04, with a median of $270.99. The lowest listed price is at Leonard J Chabert Medical Center — $121.06 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $162.40 at 33 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 11102, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$149.93Leonard J Chabert Medical Center

Median$270.99half of hospitals charge less

Highest$392.04in this market

Difference2.6×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA.

median

Lowest $149.93Highest $392.04

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Leonard J Chabert Medical Center lowest Houma, LA · (985) 873-2200 HC TANGENTIAL BIOPSY, SKIN, SINGLE LESION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$149.93	$319.00	—	53%
Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 HC TANGENTIAL BIOPSY, SKIN, SINGLE LESION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$392.04	$891.00	—	56%

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

Inpatient: lowest $149.93, median $270.99, highest $392.04 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $270.99 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.