Shave skin biopsy cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 18 hospitals list a cash price for tangential (shave-style) skin biopsy, one lesion: from $173.10 to $1,443.60, with a median of $569.53. The lowest listed price is at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital — $396.43 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $566.06 at 79 hospitals.
- The median here, $569.53, is 90% above the US median of $300.00.
- That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- Pittsburgh, PA ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 13 cities for code 11102, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 12, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 17, 2025 and Oct 28, 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 Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong County Memorial Hospital lowest Kittanning, PA TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Mar 2, 2026 · source file | $173.10 | $577.00 | $35.45–$577.00 | 70% |
| Excela Health - Frick Hospital Mt Plesant, PA · (724) 547-1500 SKIN BX TANGENTIAL File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file | $239.40 | $399.00 | $6.80–$39.56 | 40% |
| Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital Greeensburg, PA · (724) 832-4000 SKIN BX TANGENTIAL File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file | $239.40 | $399.00 | $38.68–$1,058.57 | 40% |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 BIOPSY OF RELATED SKIN GROWTH; FIRST GROWTH File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $295.00 | $590.00 | $35.45–$918.07 | 50% |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LES File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $467.00 | $934.00 | $35.45–$918.07 | 50% |
| Butler Memorial Hospital Butler, PA Tangntl Bx Skin Single Lesion File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $501.90 | $717.00 | $134.08–$752.85 | 30% |
| Allegheny Valley Hospital Natrona Heights, PA · (412) 224-5100 HC BX SKIN TANGENTIAL 1ST LESN File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $551.32 | $716.00 | $14.75–$1,241.60 | 23% |
| Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PA · (412) 858-2000 HC BX SKIN TANGENTIAL 1ST LESN File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $558.48 | $716.00 | $14.75–$1,241.60 | 22% |
| Canonsburg General Hospital Canonsburg, PA · (724) 745-6100 HC BX SKIN TANGENTIAL 1ST LESN File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $558.48 | $716.00 | $14.75–$1,241.60 | 22% |
| AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PA · (412) 295-3319 HC BX SKIN TANGENTIAL 1ST LESN File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $558.70 | $755.00 | $14.75–$1,241.60 | 26% |
| West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 578-5000 HC BX SKIN TANGENTIAL 1ST LESN File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $580.35 | $795.00 | $14.75–$1,241.60 | 27% |
| Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 359-3131 HC BX SKIN TANGENTIAL 1ST LESN File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $604.20 | $795.00 | $14.75–$1,241.60 | 24% |
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA · (412) 469-5000 HC BX SKIN TANGENTIAL 1ST LESN File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $611.55 | $755.00 | $14.75–$1,241.60 | 19% |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LES File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $639.00 | $1,065.00 | $35.45–$958.50 | 40% |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LES File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $823.80 | $1,373.00 | $35.45–$1,263.16 | 40% |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LES File of Mar 7, 2026 · source file | $823.80 | $1,373.00 | $35.45–$1,167.05 | 40% |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA · (412) 664-2000 TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LES File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $823.80 | $1,373.00 | $35.45–$1,167.05 | 40% |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LES File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $1,055.40 | $1,759.00 | $35.45–$1,495.15 | 40% |
| Monogahela Valley Hospital Monongahela, PA · (724) 258-1000 TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LES File of Feb 2, 2026 · source file | $1,443.60 | $2,406.00 | $647.21–$2,948.55 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $173.10, median $569.53, highest $1,443.60 — a 8.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 19 facilities here, median $604.20. 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 17 of 18 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.
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