Shave skin biopsy cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 10 hospitals list a cash price for tangential (shave-style) skin biopsy, one lesion: from $191.10 to $677.52, with a median of $351.48. The lowest listed price is at Cass Regional Medical Center — $160.38 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $250.90 at 45 hospitals.
- The median here, $351.48, is 17% above the US median of $300.00.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- Kansas City, MO has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Missouri with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 2 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 11102, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Jul 9, 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 Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Regional Medical Center lowest Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 Shave Biopsy File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $191.10 | $273.00 | $35.49–$1,160.00 | 30% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LESION TX RM PLS+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $211.20 | $440.00 | $132.47–$497.03 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LESION TX RM DRM+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $211.20 | $440.00 | $132.47–$497.03 | 52% |
| Liberty Hospital Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 6S TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $312.00 | $1,120.00 | $312.48–$913.92 | 72% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 TANGENTIAL BIOPSY OF SKIN (EG, SHAVE, SCOOP, SAUCERIZE, CURETTE); SINGLE LESION File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $320.95 | $458.50 | $389.73–$407.17 | 30% |
| Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc Tangential Biopsy Skin Single Lesion File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $382.00 | $919.61 | $126.16–$919.61 | 58% |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 Tangential Biopsy Of Skin Single Lesion+1 more line at this price File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $403.10 | $1,390.00 | $174.47–$2,860.00 | 71% |
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Tangential Biopsy Skin Single Lesion File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $405.00 | $1,002.04 | $114.69–$1,002.04 | 60% |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC TANGENTIAL BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $677.52 | $677.52 | — | — |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC TANGENTIAL BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $677.52 | $677.52 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $191.10, median $351.48, highest $677.52 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $316.48. 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 8 of 8 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 shave skin biopsy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Shave skin biopsy explained.