Punch skin biopsy cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for skin biopsy, punch, one lesion: from $68.42 to $1,488.22, with a median of $477.00. The lowest listed price is at Bear Valley Community Hospital — $408.58 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $722.80 at 142 hospitals.
- The median here, $477.00, is 21% above the US median of $393.50.
- That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- Riverside, CA has the lowest median of 5 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 2 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 12 cities for code 11104, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 14, 2026 and Sep 2, 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Valley Community Hospital lowest Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 BIOPSY PUNCH 1ST File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file | $68.42 | $97.74 | $38.12–$97.74 | 30% |
| Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file | $110.40 | $276.00 | $124.20–$234.60 | 60% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $227.37 | $689.00 | $206.70–$7,387.00 | 67% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $239.40 | $532.00 | $96.29–$9,616.00 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $287.10 | $638.00 | $127.60–$32,312.00 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $388.80 | $864.00 | $172.80–$27,467.00 | 55% |
| Redlands Community Hospital Redlands, CA · (909) 335-5500 Punch biopsy, first skin growth File of Jun 19, 2026 · source file | $426.00 | $1,775.00 | $160.74–$3,006.36 | 76% |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC ED PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION CDM+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $528.00 | $1,100.00 | — | 52% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $722.80 | $1,390.00 | $396.00–$1,179.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $722.80 | $1,390.00 | $396.00–$1,179.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $722.80 | $1,390.00 | $396.00–$1,179.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $722.80 | $1,390.00 | $396.00–$1,179.00 | 48% |
| Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN 1 LESION File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file | $726.25 | $1,037.50 | $394.55–$1,258.52 | 30% |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC PUNCH BIOPSY OF SKIN, 1ST File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $907.00 | $907.00 | $118.03–$731.98 | — |
| Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file | $978.85 | $1,398.36 | $394.55–$1,258.52 | 30% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Punch Biopsy of Skin (Including Simple Closure When Performed); Single Lesion+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $1,488.22 | $1,488.22 | $118.03–$1,488.22 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $68.42, median $477.00, highest $1,488.22 — a 21.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $722.80. 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 11 of 13 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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 punch skin biopsy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Punch skin biopsy explained.