Punch skin biopsy cost in Erie, PA
In Erie, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for skin biopsy, punch, one lesion: from $857.40 to $1,572.76, with a median of $1,215.08. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Hamot — $357.68 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $690.60 at 63 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 11104, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Erie, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Hamot lowest Erie, PA · (814) 877-6000 PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $857.40 | $1,429.00 | $44.47–$6,879.78 | 40% | — source file |
| Saint Vincent Health Center Erie, PA · (814) 452-5111 HC BX SKIN PUNCH INCL CLOSURE 1ST LESN | $1,572.76 | $1,918.00 | $14.98–$11,740.81 | 18% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $857.40, median $1,215.08, highest $1,572.76 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,215.08. 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 2 of 2 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.
What it is
A punch biopsy removes a small round core of skin with a tool like a tiny cookie cutter, for a lab to examine. It is used for rashes and suspicious spots.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the procedure and numbing medicine. The visit may be billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 11104 ($366.37). 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.
| Saint Vincent Health Center Erie, PAPR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $23.58 | file |