Surgery and procedures CPT 11102 497 markets

Shave skin biopsy cost without insurance

Across 497 US markets, hospitals list an outpatient cash price for tangential (shave-style) skin biopsy, one lesion from $27.30 to $18,737.97. The median market price is $239.83. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Each price links to its source file All Mole removal costs

Lowest$27.30any market
Median market$239.83middle of market medians
Highest$18,737.97any market
Listings1,185hospital prices

Compared with Medicare

$415.32 is Medicare's 2026 national base rate for this service in a hospital outpatient department, including the patient's share and before the local wage adjustment. The median hospital cash price, $267.91 across 1,191 hospitals, is 0.6× that.

Researchers often measure hospital prices as a multiple of Medicare's rate, and it is a concrete number to mention when you ask a hospital for a cash discount. Source: CMS.

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.

Why prices differ

Prices differ between dermatology offices and hospital-based clinics, which may add a facility fee.

What to ask

Ask whether the self-pay price for CPT 11102 includes the pathology fee and the visit.

Prices by state

Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.

Prices by market

Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.

MarketHospitalsLowest MedianHighest×
Ada, MN single city 1 $263.08 $263.08 $263.08 1.0×
Ahoskie, NC single city 1 $304.64 $304.64 $304.64 1.0×
Anaconda, MT single city 1 $151.43 $151.43 $151.43 1.0×
Anna, IL single city 1 $177.45 $177.45 $177.45 1.0×
Antigo, WI single city 1 $135.20 $135.20 $135.20 1.0×
Aurora, MO single city 1 $177.45 $177.45 $177.45 1.0×
Aberdeen, SD 1 $337.60 $337.60 $337.60 1.0×
Ada, OK 1 $263.25 $263.25 $263.25 1.0×
Akron, OH 4 $199.20 $292.50 $387.40 1.9×
Albany, OR 2 $148.80 $198.80 $248.80 1.7×
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 2 $259.00 $2,936.92 $5,614.83 21.7×
Albemarle, NC 1 $215.50 $215.50 $215.50 1.0×
Alexandria, LA 1 $148.72 $148.72 $148.72 1.0×
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1 $249.69 $249.69 $249.69 1.0×
Altoona, PA 2 $600.00 $606.90 $613.80 1.0×
Anchorage, AK 3 $389.00 $946.14 $18,737.97 48.2×
Ann Arbor, MI 1 $62.00 $62.00 $62.00 1.0×
Appleton, WI 4 $58.14 $129.86 $288.42 5.0×
Ardmore, OK 2 $174.00 $255.35 $336.70 1.9×
Asheville, NC 1 $476.00 $476.00 $476.00 1.0×
Ashland, OH 1 $303.75 $303.75 $303.75 1.0×
Astoria, OR 1 $107.25 $107.25 $107.25 1.0×
Athens, OH 1 $331.50 $331.50 $331.50 1.0×
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 19 $111.00 $560.04 $4,937.00 44.5×
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 1 $525.96 $525.96 $525.96 1.0×
Auburn-Opelika, AL 1 $487.30 $487.30 $487.30 1.0×
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 1 $560.04 $560.04 $560.04 1.0×
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 8 $319.59 $360.34 $360.34 1.1×
Bad Axe, MI single city 1 $35.50 $35.50 $35.50 1.0×
Belfast, ME single city 1 $183.55 $183.55 $183.55 1.0×
Berlin, WI single city 1 $129.86 $129.86 $129.86 1.0×
Bernie, MO single city 1 $181.50 $181.50 $181.50 1.0×
Berryville, AR single city 1 $158.60 $158.60 $158.60 1.0×
Big Stone Gap, VA single city 1 $39.15 $39.15 $39.15 1.0×
Blairsville, GA single city 1 $60.00 $60.00 $60.00 1.0×
Blue Hill, ME single city 1 $58.46 $58.46 $58.46 1.0×
Booneville, AR single city 1 $232.05 $232.05 $232.05 1.0×
Brookfield, WI single city 1 $460.57 $460.57 $460.57 1.0×
Brookville, PA single city 1 $600.00 $600.00 $600.00 1.0×
Buckhannon, WV single city 1 $34.50 $34.50 $34.50 1.0×
Baker City, OR 1 $105.00 $105.00 $105.00 1.0×
Bakersfield-Delano, CA 1 $118.39 $118.39 $118.39 1.0×
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 2 $204.00 $294.21 $384.41 1.9×
Bangor, ME 1 $45.78 $45.78 $45.78 1.0×
Barre, VT 1 $527.14 $527.14 $527.14 1.0×
Batavia, NY 1 $457.16 $457.16 $457.16 1.0×
Bay City, MI 1 $35.50 $35.50 $35.50 1.0×
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 5 $189.09 $189.09 $189.09 1.0×
Beaver Dam, WI 1 $176.70 $176.70 $176.70 1.0×
Bellingham, WA 1 $312.65 $312.65 $312.65 1.0×
Bemidji, MN 1 $444.00 $444.00 $444.00 1.0×
Bend, OR 4 $288.81 $769.54 $769.54 2.7×
Bennington, VT 1 $159.95 $159.95 $159.95 1.0×
Big Rapids, MI 1 $475.00 $475.00 $475.00 1.0×
Birmingham, AL 1 $937.63 $937.63 $937.63 1.0×
Bismarck, ND 2 $186.66 $303.73 $420.80 2.3×
Blackfoot, ID 1 $122.50 $122.50 $122.50 1.0×
Bluefield, WV-VA 1 $223.50 $223.50 $223.50 1.0×
Boise City, ID 4 $109.94 $360.23 $556.00 5.1×
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 7 $152.29 $200.70 $326.20 2.1×
Boulder, CO 1 $730.08 $730.08 $730.08 1.0×
Bozeman, MT 1 $89.60 $89.60 $89.60 1.0×
Bradford, PA 1 $98.40 $98.40 $98.40 1.0×
Brattleboro, VT 1 $58.66 $58.66 $58.66 1.0×
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA 1 $179.04 $179.04 $179.04 1.0×
Brenham, TX 1 $360.34 $360.34 $360.34 1.0×
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 6 $167.03 $195.58 $1,653.68 9.9×
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 $421.00 $421.00 $421.00 1.0×
Cades, SC single city 1 $200.50 $200.50 $200.50 1.0×
Canby, MN single city 1 $430.40 $430.40 $430.40 1.0×
Caro, MI single city 1 $35.50 $35.50 $35.50 1.0×
Carthage, MS single city 1 $288.00 $288.00 $288.00 1.0×
Cassville, MO single city 1 $177.45 $177.45 $177.45 1.0×
Cedar Rapids, IA single city 1 $244.80 $244.80 $244.80 1.0×
Centerville, IA single city 1 $337.00 $337.00 $337.00 1.0×
Clintwood, VA single city 1 $38.64 $38.64 $38.64 1.0×
Concord, NC single city 1 $206.55 $206.55 $206.55 1.0×
Corning, IA single city 1 $128.64 $128.64 $128.64 1.0×
Coudersport, PA single city 1 $69.00 $69.00 $69.00 1.0×
Cadillac, MI 1 $182.75 $182.75 $182.75 1.0×
Cambridge, OH 1 $250.25 $250.25 $250.25 1.0×
Canton-Massillon, OH 2 $236.70 $312.05 $387.40 1.6×
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 5 $1,737.80 $1,737.80 $1,737.80 1.0×
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 2 $29.90 $104.95 $180.00 6.0×
Casper, WY 1 $125.58 $125.58 $125.58 1.0×
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 $244.80 $244.80 $244.80 1.0×
Centralia, WA 1 $539.24 $539.24 $539.24 1.0×
Chambersburg, PA 2 $617.60 $617.60 $617.60 1.0×
Charleston, WV 1 $257.50 $257.50 $257.50 1.0×
Charleston-Mattoon, IL 1 $438.48 $438.48 $438.48 1.0×
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 2 $277.00 $308.15 $339.30 1.2×
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 12 $206.55 $206.55 $526.00 2.5×
Charlottesville, VA 1 $333.50 $333.50 $333.50 1.0×
Chattanooga, TN-GA 1 $101.38 $101.38 $101.38 1.0×
Cheyenne, WY 1 $211.68 $211.68 $211.68 1.0×
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 35 $95.55 $205.00 $819.70 8.6×
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 13 $142.29 $606.60 $696.60 4.9×
Clarksburg, WV 1 $467.50 $467.50 $467.50 1.0×
Clarksville, TN-KY 1 $1,538.04 $1,538.04 $1,538.04 1.0×
Cleveland, OH 23 $233.40 $387.40 $455.25 2.0×
College Station-Bryan, TX 1 $360.34 $360.34 $360.34 1.0×
Columbia, MO 2 $134.40 $176.70 $219.00 1.6×
Columbia, SC 2 $245.00 $245.00 $245.00 1.0×
Columbus, IN 1 $392.80 $392.80 $392.80 1.0×
Columbus, MS 1 $154.50 $154.50 $154.50 1.0×
Columbus, NE 1 $227.80 $227.80 $227.80 1.0×
Columbus, OH 15 $167.40 $196.30 $439.40 2.6×
Coos Bay-North Bend, OR 1 $109.56 $109.56 $109.56 1.0×
Corning, NY 3 $102.17 $147.88 $208.15 2.0×
Corpus Christi, TX 1 $234.08 $234.08 $234.08 1.0×
Cortland, NY 1 $208.15 $208.15 $208.15 1.0×
Corvallis, OR 1 $148.80 $148.80 $148.80 1.0×
Crossville, TN 1 $199.36 $199.36 $199.36 1.0×
Cumberland, MD-WV 1 $34.50 $34.50 $34.50 1.0×
Decorah, IA single city 1 $34.30 $34.30 $34.30 1.0×
Dexter, MO single city 2 $181.50 $487.25 $793.00 4.4×
Dillon, MT single city 1 $194.75 $194.75 $194.75 1.0×
Dover Foxcroft, ME single city 1 $80.85 $80.85 $80.85 1.0×
Durham, NC single city 1 $80.19 $80.19 $80.19 1.0×
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 29 $269.02 $269.02 $735.39 2.7×
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 5 $109.20 $130.80 $244.80 2.2×
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH 7 $232.80 $232.80 $1,386.00 6.0×
Decatur, IL 1 $429.12 $429.12 $429.12 1.0×
Decatur, IN 1 $453.00 $453.00 $453.00 1.0×
Defiance, OH 1 $276.00 $276.00 $276.00 1.0×
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 3 $393.80 $395.96 $673.15 1.7×
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 6 $159.27 $730.08 $730.08 4.6×
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 2 $109.94 $177.37 $244.80 2.2×
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 20 $35.50 $167.94 $803.00 22.6×
Dickinson, ND 1 $49.77 $49.77 $49.77 1.0×
Dover, DE 1 $753.48 $753.48 $753.48 1.0×
DuBois, PA 1 $271.00 $271.00 $271.00 1.0×
Dubuque, IA 1 $244.80 $244.80 $244.80 1.0×
Duluth, MN-WI 5 $113.15 $263.08 $263.08 2.3×
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 1 $80.19 $80.19 $80.19 1.0×
E Academy Paris, AR single city 1 $157.95 $157.95 $157.95 1.0×
Eagle River, WI single city 1 $135.20 $135.20 $135.20 1.0×
East Amery, WI single city 1 $93.85 $93.85 $93.85 1.0×
Edenton, NC single city 1 $567.28 $567.28 $567.28 1.0×
Elizabethtown, NY single city 1 $378.00 $378.00 $378.00 1.0×
Elkader, IA single city 1 $219.05 $219.05 $219.05 1.0×
Ellsworth, ME single city 1 $55.25 $55.25 $55.25 1.0×
Emporia, VA single city 1 $75.30 $75.30 $75.30 1.0×
Estherville, IA single city 1 $42.68 $42.68 $42.68 1.0×
Everett, PA single city 1 $381.60 $381.60 $381.60 1.0×
Eau Claire, WI 2 $135.20 $155.95 $176.70 1.3×
El Paso, TX 2 $66.23 $66.23 $66.23 1.0×
Elizabeth City, NC 1 $270.00 $270.00 $270.00 1.0×
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 2 $253.40 $334.60 $415.80 1.6×
Elmira, NY 2 $102.17 $102.17 $102.17 1.0×
Erie, PA 1 $782.28 $782.28 $782.28 1.0×
Eugene-Springfield, OR 2 $155.35 $155.35 $155.35 1.0×
Eureka-Arcata, CA 2 $241.74 $291.47 $341.19 1.4×
Evansville, IN 2 $177.45 $269.33 $361.20 2.0×
Farmington, CT single city 1 $585.00 $585.00 $585.00 1.0×
Fremont, MI single city 1 $475.00 $475.00 $475.00 1.0×
Friendship, WI single city 1 $97.03 $97.03 $97.03 1.0×
Fairbanks-College, AK 1 $623.20 $623.20 $623.20 1.0×
Fargo, ND-MN 2 $199.50 $330.15 $460.80 2.3×
Faribault-Northfield, MN 1 $224.78 $224.78 $224.78 1.0×
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 3 $48.40 $419.90 $603.28 12.5×
Flint, MI 1 $35.50 $35.50 $35.50 1.0×
Florence, SC 1 $324.00 $324.00 $324.00 1.0×
Fond du Lac, WI 2 $129.86 $179.93 $230.00 1.8×
Fort Dodge, IA 1 $244.80 $244.80 $244.80 1.0×
Fort Smith, AR-OK 1 $273.65 $273.65 $273.65 1.0×
Fort Wayne, IN 5 $28.08 $48.82 $69.60 2.5×
Fremont, NE 1 $51.80 $51.80 $51.80 1.0×
Fresno, CA 3 $552.00 $552.00 $576.80 1.0×
Garrison, ND single city 1 $155.04 $155.04 $155.04 1.0×
Gassaway, WV single city 1 $34.50 $34.50 $34.50 1.0×
Gaylord, MI single city 1 $298.35 $298.35 $298.35 1.0×
Graceville, MN single city 1 $263.08 $263.08 $263.08 1.0×
Grayling, MI single city 1 $298.35 $298.35 $298.35 1.0×
Greenville, ME single city 1 $63.00 $63.00 $63.00 1.0×
Grinnell, IA single city 1 $244.80 $244.80 $244.80 1.0×
Gainesville, FL 1 $674.85 $674.85 $674.85 1.0×
Grand Forks, ND-MN 1 $263.08 $263.08 $263.08 1.0×
Grand Rapids, MN 2 $129.20 $196.14 $263.08 2.0×
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI 5 $130.00 $475.00 $489.00 3.8×
Greeley, CO 1 $121.50 $121.50 $121.50 1.0×
Green Bay, WI 4 $153.72 $268.12 $306.24 2.0×
Greencastle, IN 1 $457.22 $457.22 $457.22 1.0×
Greeneville, TN 1 $39.15 $39.15 $39.15 1.0×
Greensburg, IN 1 $294.75 $294.75 $294.75 1.0×
Greenville, NC 1 $81.62 $81.62 $81.62 1.0×
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC 1 $318.00 $318.00 $318.00 1.0×
Hartford, CT single city 3 $215.00 $254.65 $418.80 1.9×
Huntingdon, TN single city 1 $172.04 $172.04 $172.04 1.0×
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 1 $353.00 $353.00 $353.00 1.0×
Hailey, ID 1 $556.00 $556.00 $556.00 1.0×
Hammond, LA 1 $281.71 $281.71 $281.71 1.0×
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 4 $308.66 $417.32 $575.40 1.9×
Harrisonburg, VA 1 $333.50 $333.50 $333.50 1.0×
Helena, MT 2 $151.60 $239.83 $328.05 2.2×
Henderson, KY 1 $177.45 $177.45 $177.45 1.0×
Hermitage, PA 2 $581.35 $702.58 $823.80 1.4×
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC 1 $85.80 $85.80 $85.80 1.0×
Hobbs, NM 1 $232.68 $232.68 $232.68 1.0×
Holland, MI 2 $156.00 $205.35 $254.70 1.6×
Hood River, OR 1 $107.25 $107.25 $107.25 1.0×
Houghton, MI 1 $135.20 $135.20 $135.20 1.0×
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 13 $190.66 $2,326.00 $3,421.00 17.9×
Huntingdon, PA 1 $600.00 $600.00 $600.00 1.0×
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 3 $225.00 $397.03 $652.46 2.9×
Huntsville, AL 1 $315.00 $315.00 $315.00 1.0×
Hutchinson, MN 1 $237.36 $237.36 $237.36 1.0×
Iron River, MI single city 1 $135.20 $135.20 $135.20 1.0×
Ironwood, MI single city 1 $135.20 $135.20 $135.20 1.0×
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN 12 $192.80 $456.60 $506.40 2.6×
Ithaca, NY 1 $97.02 $97.02 $97.02 1.0×
John Day, OR single city 1 $230.25 $230.25 $230.25 1.0×
Jackson, MI 1 $41.04 $41.04 $41.04 1.0×
Jackson, MS 2 $129.78 $196.09 $262.40 2.0×
Jacksonville, FL 6 $296.36 $296.36 $330.38 1.1×
Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY 2 $326.40 $395.64 $464.88 1.4×
Jasper, IN 1 $177.45 $177.45 $177.45 1.0×
Johnson City, TN 3 $39.15 $39.15 $39.15 1.0×
Jonesboro, AR 1 $69.73 $69.73 $69.73 1.0×
Joplin, MO-KS 2 $152.10 $187.85 $223.60 1.5×
Kenton, OH single city 1 $226.20 $226.20 $226.20 1.0×
Kilmarnock, VA single city 1 $130.20 $130.20 $130.20 1.0×
Kingfisher, OK single city 1 $127.40 $127.40 $127.40 1.0×
Kodiak, AK single city 1 $351.78 $351.78 $351.78 1.0×
Kosciusko, MS single city 1 $281.60 $281.60 $281.60 1.0×
Kankakee, IL 1 $225.47 $225.47 $225.47 1.0×
Kansas City, MO-KS 6 $104.64 $404.05 $677.52 6.5×
Kennewick-Richland, WA 1 $235.90 $235.90 $235.90 1.0×
Ketchikan, AK 1 $269.75 $269.75 $269.75 1.0×
Killeen-Temple, TX 4 $360.34 $360.34 $942.01 2.6×
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 5 $39.15 $39.15 $39.15 1.0×
Knoxville, TN 3 $186.90 $205.59 $205.59 1.1×
Kokomo, IN 1 $459.00 $459.00 $459.00 1.0×
Ladysmith, WI single city 1 $176.70 $176.70 $176.70 1.0×
Lakeview, OR single city 1 $380.80 $380.80 $380.80 1.0×
Lebanon, VA single city 1 $39.15 $39.15 $39.15 1.0×
Linton, IN single city 1 $87.75 $87.75 $87.75 1.0×
Litchfield, IL single city 1 $1,933.92 $1,933.92 $1,933.92 1.0×
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 2 $93.63 $113.22 $132.80 1.4×
LaGrange, GA-AL 1 $560.04 $560.04 $560.04 1.0×
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 1 $1,030.00 $1,030.00 $1,030.00 1.0×
Lancaster, PA 2 $374.55 $474.98 $575.40 1.5×
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 1 $113.40 $113.40 $113.40 1.0×
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 2 $330.90 $386.45 $442.00 1.3×
Laurel, MS 1 $530.97 $530.97 $530.97 1.0×
Lebanon, MO 1 $840.45 $840.45 $840.45 1.0×
Lebanon, PA 1 $617.60 $617.60 $617.60 1.0×
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 2 $60.50 $80.44 $100.37 1.7×
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 2 $289.94 $345.47 $401.00 1.4×
Lexington-Fayette, KY 1 $393.82 $393.82 $393.82 1.0×
Lima, OH 2 $225.00 $345.30 $465.60 2.1×
Lincoln, NE 1 $144.50 $144.50 $144.50 1.0×
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 2 $468.00 $535.64 $603.28 1.3×
Logansport, IN 1 $48.82 $48.82 $48.82 1.0×
Longview-Kelso, WA 1 $17,209.24 $17,209.24 $17,209.24 1.0×
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 26 $52.00 $587.60 $1,015.82 19.5×
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 1 $55.80 $55.80 $55.80 1.0×
Lubbock, TX 4 $84.00 $254.52 $254.52 3.0×
Ludington, MI 1 $475.00 $475.00 $475.00 1.0×
Magazine, AR single city 1 $168.75 $168.75 $168.75 1.0×
Malone, NY single city 1 $144.00 $144.00 $144.00 1.0×
Mansfield, AR single city 1 $168.75 $168.75 $168.75 1.0×
Marble Falls, TX single city 1 $360.34 $360.34 $360.34 1.0×
Marion, VA single city 1 $39.15 $39.15 $39.15 1.0×
McCall, ID single city 1 $556.00 $556.00 $556.00 1.0×
Medford, WI single city 1 $135.20 $135.20 $135.20 1.0×
Merrill, WI single city 1 $135.20 $135.20 $135.20 1.0×
Middlebury, VT single city 1 $89.00 $89.00 $89.00 1.0×
Minocqua, WI single city 1 $176.70 $176.70 $176.70 1.0×
Monroeville, AL single city 1 $52.80 $52.80 $52.80 1.0×
Montour Falls, NY single city 1 $158.65 $158.65 $158.65 1.0×
Morganfield, KY single city 1 $177.45 $177.45 $177.45 1.0×
Mountain City, TN single city 1 $38.64 $38.64 $38.64 1.0×
Macon-Bibb County, GA 1 $243.00 $243.00 $243.00 1.0×
Madison, WI 2 $135.20 $282.80 $430.40 3.2×
Manchester-Nashua, NH 3 $57.60 $169.46 $378.69 6.6×
Manitowoc, WI 1 $230.00 $230.00 $230.00 1.0×
Mansfield, OH 2 $188.50 $188.50 $188.50 1.0×
Marietta, OH 2 $102.43 $141.00 $179.57 1.8×
Marion, OH 1 $148.20 $148.20 $148.20 1.0×
Marion-Herrin, IL 1 $177.45 $177.45 $177.45 1.0×
Marshall, MN 1 $459.20 $459.20 $459.20 1.0×
Marshall, MO 1 $114.80 $114.80 $114.80 1.0×
Marshalltown, IA 1 $244.80 $244.80 $244.80 1.0×
Mason City, IA 1 $136.50 $136.50 $136.50 1.0×
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY 3 $339.10 $443.10 $445.44 1.3×
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 1 $269.28 $269.28 $269.28 1.0×
Medford, OR 1 $200.25 $200.25 $200.25 1.0×
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 10 $88.80 $148.06 $149.60 1.7×
Meridian, MS 2 $810.70 $1,142.35 $1,474.00 1.8×
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 14 $110.83 $526.18 $665.60 6.0×
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 1 $34.32 $34.32 $34.32 1.0×
Milledgeville, GA 1 $253.50 $253.50 $253.50 1.0×
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 14 $82.36 $230.00 $460.57 5.6×
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 19 $103.52 $252.78 $455.42 4.4×
Missoula, MT 1 $249.60 $249.60 $249.60 1.0×
Modesto, CA 1 $576.80 $576.80 $576.80 1.0×
Morgantown, WV 1 $519.50 $519.50 $519.50 1.0×
Morristown, TN 1 $186.90 $186.90 $186.90 1.0×
Mount Pleasant, MI 1 $123.10 $123.10 $123.10 1.0×
Mount Vernon, IL 1 $177.45 $177.45 $177.45 1.0×
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 1 $426.40 $426.40 $426.40 1.0×
Muscatine, IA 1 $244.80 $244.80 $244.80 1.0×
Nebraska City, NE single city 1 $232.40 $232.40 $232.40 1.0×
Neillsville, WI single city 1 $176.70 $176.70 $176.70 1.0×
New Albany, MS single city 1 $179.52 $179.52 $179.52 1.0×
New Hampton, IA single city 1 $178.75 $178.75 $178.75 1.0×
New London, WI single city 1 $129.86 $129.86 $129.86 1.0×
New Martinsville, WV single city 1 $256.00 $256.00 $256.00 1.0×
Newberry, MI single city 1 $136.71 $136.71 $136.71 1.0×
Newport, VT single city 1 $201.60 $201.60 $201.60 1.0×
North Vernon, IN single city 1 $489.00 $489.00 $489.00 1.0×
Norway, ME single city 1 $260.75 $260.75 $260.75 1.0×
Norwich, CT single city 1 $215.00 $215.00 $215.00 1.0×
Napa, CA 1 $406.98 $406.98 $406.98 1.0×
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 2 $88.74 $126.99 $165.24 1.9×
Natchitoches, LA 1 $283.20 $283.20 $283.20 1.0×
New Castle, IN 1 $300.65 $300.65 $300.65 1.0×
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 7 $73.92 $88.20 $227.92 3.1×
New Philadelphia-Dover, OH 1 $387.40 $387.40 $387.40 1.0×
New Ulm, MN 1 $353.19 $353.19 $353.19 1.0×
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 50 $42.72 $429.20 $1,205.81 28.2×
Newport, OR 2 $248.80 $248.80 $248.80 1.0×
Norfolk, NE 1 $225.12 $225.12 $225.12 1.0×
Norwalk, OH 1 $241.80 $241.80 $241.80 1.0×
Ogallala, NE single city 1 $36.61 $36.61 $36.61 1.0×
Olivia, MN single city 1 $326.96 $326.96 $326.96 1.0×
Olla, LA single city 1 $171.20 $171.20 $171.20 1.0×
Ontario, CA single city 1 $587.60 $587.60 $587.60 1.0×
Ozark, AR single city 1 $157.95 $157.95 $157.95 1.0×
Ocean Pines, MD 1 $260.00 $260.00 $260.00 1.0×
Oklahoma City, OK 6 $58.20 $173.14 $896.35 15.4×
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA 1 $539.24 $539.24 $539.24 1.0×
Omaha, NE-IA 10 $47.16 $132.30 $166.50 3.5×
Ontario, OR-ID 1 $164.45 $164.45 $164.45 1.0×
Orangeburg, SC 1 $277.00 $277.00 $277.00 1.0×
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 8 $332.20 $1,030.00 $1,453.91 4.4×
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 4 $129.86 $179.93 $288.42 2.2×
Ottawa, KS 1 $677.52 $677.52 $677.52 1.0×
Owatonna, MN 1 $224.78 $224.78 $224.78 1.0×
Oxford, MS 1 $139.38 $139.38 $139.38 1.0×
Paris, AR single city 1 $168.75 $168.75 $168.75 1.0×
Park Falls, WI single city 1 $176.70 $176.70 $176.70 1.0×
Pennington Gap, VA single city 1 $38.64 $38.64 $38.64 1.0×
Perryville, MO single city 2 $135.00 $153.63 $172.25 1.3×
Petersburg, WV single city 1 $55.20 $55.20 $55.20 1.0×
Pikeville, TN single city 1 $55.49 $55.49 $55.49 1.0×
Pittsfield, ME single city 1 $53.72 $53.72 $53.72 1.0×
Polson, MT single city 1 $55.20 $55.20 $55.20 1.0×
Presque Isle, ME single city 1 $32.55 $32.55 $32.55 1.0×
Princeton, IN single city 1 $177.45 $177.45 $177.45 1.0×
Paducah, KY-IL 1 $873.00 $873.00 $873.00 1.0×
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 2 $66.50 $548.25 $1,030.00 15.5×
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 1 $347.50 $347.50 $347.50 1.0×
Payson, AZ 1 $103.92 $103.92 $103.92 1.0×
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 1 $3,628.65 $3,628.65 $3,628.65 1.0×
Peru, IN 1 $52.00 $52.00 $52.00 1.0×
Petoskey, MI 1 $35.50 $35.50 $35.50 1.0×
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 18 $114.00 $342.70 $994.00 8.7×
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 16 $95.50 $636.00 $636.00 6.7×
Pittsburg, KS 1 $452.40 $452.40 $452.40 1.0×
Pittsburgh, PA 13 $27.30 $611.55 $1,443.60 52.9×
Pittsfield, MA 3 $112.10 $112.10 $112.10 1.0×
Plainview, TX 1 $240.66 $240.66 $240.66 1.0×
Platteville, WI 1 $247.72 $247.72 $247.72 1.0×
Plattsburgh, NY 1 $361.00 $361.00 $361.00 1.0×
Plymouth, IN 1 $585.65 $585.65 $585.65 1.0×
Port St. Lucie, FL 1 $484.25 $484.25 $484.25 1.0×
Port Townsend, WA 1 $312.00 $312.00 $312.00 1.0×
Portland-South Portland, ME 4 $29.38 $85.48 $121.00 4.1×
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 14 $107.25 $180.05 $560.15 5.2×
Portsmouth, OH 1 $377.06 $377.06 $377.06 1.0×
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 7 $295.00 $454.00 $639.00 2.2×
Reed City, MI single city 1 $475.00 $475.00 $475.00 1.0×
Rhinelander, WI single city 1 $135.20 $135.20 $135.20 1.0×
Richmond, CA single city 1 $576.80 $576.80 $576.80 1.0×
Ripley, WV single city 1 $38.50 $38.50 $38.50 1.0×
Rockport, ME single city 1 $88.20 $88.20 $88.20 1.0×
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI 2 $230.00 $230.00 $230.00 1.0×
Raleigh-Cary, NC 1 $80.19 $80.19 $80.19 1.0×
Reading, PA 1 $336.05 $336.05 $336.05 1.0×
Redding, CA 1 $520.00 $520.00 $520.00 1.0×
Reno, NV 1 $286.00 $286.00 $286.00 1.0×
Rice Lake, WI 1 $176.70 $176.70 $176.70 1.0×
Richmond, VA 5 $75.30 $150.60 $150.60 2.0×
Richmond-Berea, KY 1 $250.80 $250.80 $250.80 1.0×
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 9 $239.40 $388.80 $836.10 3.5×
Roanoke Rapids, NC 1 $416.08 $416.08 $416.08 1.0×
Roanoke, VA 1 $125.70 $125.70 $125.70 1.0×
Rochester, MN 1 $205.84 $205.84 $205.84 1.0×
Rochester, NY 8 $112.10 $489.80 $611.77 5.5×
Rome, GA 1 $330.50 $330.50 $330.50 1.0×
Sandstone, MN single city 1 $263.08 $263.08 $263.08 1.0×
Seward, AK single city 1 $351.78 $351.78 $351.78 1.0×
Sheldon, IA single city 1 $413.60 $413.60 $413.60 1.0×
Sistersville, WV single city 1 $152.39 $152.39 $152.39 1.0×
South Boston, VA single city 1 $467.00 $467.00 $467.00 1.0×
St. Johnsbury, VT single city 1 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 1.0×
St. Paul, MN single city 1 $455.42 $455.42 $455.42 1.0×
Stafford Springs, CT single city 1 $256.85 $256.85 $256.85 1.0×
Suffolk, VA single city 1 $357.00 $357.00 $357.00 1.0×
Summersville, WV single city 1 $38.50 $38.50 $38.50 1.0×
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 3 $576.80 $576.80 $576.80 1.0×
Salem, OR 2 $180.05 $230.03 $280.00 1.6×
Salinas, CA 1 $121.00 $121.00 $121.00 1.0×
Salisbury, MD 1 $70.21 $70.21 $70.21 1.0×
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT 1 $212.45 $212.45 $212.45 1.0×
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 2 $137.28 $155.89 $174.50 1.3×
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 5 $347.14 $587.60 $587.60 1.7×
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 10 $576.80 $576.80 $1,058.00 1.8×
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 3 $306.80 $576.80 $576.80 1.9×
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 4 $210.12 $329.72 $576.80 2.7×
Savannah, GA 2 $393.00 $393.00 $393.00 1.0×
Sayre, PA 3 $208.15 $208.15 $208.15 1.0×
Seaford, DE 3 $192.10 $476.88 $753.48 3.9×
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 12 $116.93 $197.39 $786.24 6.7×
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL 2 $484.25 $757.13 $1,030.00 2.1×
Sebring, FL 1 $2,671.28 $2,671.28 $2,671.28 1.0×
Shawano, WI 1 $129.86 $129.86 $129.86 1.0×
Sheboygan, WI 2 $230.00 $268.12 $306.24 1.3×
Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC 1 $206.55 $206.55 $206.55 1.0×
Shelbyville, TN 1 $88.74 $88.74 $88.74 1.0×
Sheridan, WY 1 $212.00 $212.00 $212.00 1.0×
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 1 $244.80 $244.80 $244.80 1.0×
Sioux Falls, SD-MN 1 $423.20 $423.20 $423.20 1.0×
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA 1 $88.20 $88.20 $88.20 1.0×
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 2 $251.07 $304.61 $358.15 1.4×
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 3 $148.40 $269.50 $488.60 3.3×
Springfield, IL 1 $625.68 $625.68 $625.68 1.0×
Springfield, MA 2 $110.83 $206.92 $303.00 2.7×
Springfield, MO 2 $404.95 $404.95 $404.95 1.0×
Springfield, OH 1 $500.40 $500.40 $500.40 1.0×
St. Louis, MO-IL 11 $29.90 $198.25 $538.56 18.0×
St. Marys, PA 1 $600.00 $600.00 $600.00 1.0×
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA 1 $374.00 $374.00 $374.00 1.0×
Stephenville, TX 1 $431.85 $431.85 $431.85 1.0×
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 3 $135.20 $135.20 $176.70 1.3×
Stockton-Lodi, CA 1 $576.80 $576.80 $576.80 1.0×
Storm Lake, IA 1 $188.00 $188.00 $188.00 1.0×
Sturgis, MI 1 $625.95 $625.95 $625.95 1.0×
Syracuse, NY 1 $78.00 $78.00 $78.00 1.0×
Temple, TX single city 1 $360.34 $360.34 $360.34 1.0×
Thief River Falls, MN single city 2 $444.00 $444.00 $444.00 1.0×
Tomahawk, WI single city 1 $135.20 $135.20 $135.20 1.0×
Torrington, CT single city 1 $215.00 $215.00 $215.00 1.0×
Turtle Lake, ND single city 1 $161.88 $161.88 $161.88 1.0×
Two Harbors, MN single city 1 $171.18 $171.18 $171.18 1.0×
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 9 $143.85 $618.20 $1,030.00 7.2×
Taos, NM 1 $82.80 $82.80 $82.80 1.0×
Terre Haute, IN 2 $471.00 $480.00 $489.00 1.0×
Tiffin, OH 1 $262.20 $262.20 $262.20 1.0×
Toledo, OH 5 $87.00 $296.40 $377.25 4.3×
Traverse City, MI 1 $369.75 $369.75 $369.75 1.0×
Trenton-Princeton, NJ 2 $955.00 $955.00 $955.00 1.0×
Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 1 $286.00 $286.00 $286.00 1.0×
Tullahoma-Manchester, TN 1 $88.74 $88.74 $88.74 1.0×
Tupelo, MS 1 $179.52 $179.52 $179.52 1.0×
Twin Falls, ID 1 $556.00 $556.00 $556.00 1.0×
Urban Honolulu, HI 3 $389.40 $424.20 $463.80 1.2×
Urbana, OH 1 $366.00 $366.00 $366.00 1.0×
Valdez, AK single city 1 $120.12 $120.12 $120.12 1.0×
Vallejo, CA 3 $255.56 $576.80 $576.80 2.3×
Van Wert, OH 1 $161.20 $161.20 $161.20 1.0×
Vineland, NJ 2 $897.49 $897.49 $897.49 1.0×
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC 9 $64.67 $357.00 $357.00 5.5×
Waterbury, CT single city 2 $340.10 $364.75 $389.40 1.1×
Waupaca, WI single city 1 $129.86 $129.86 $129.86 1.0×
Wellsboro, PA single city 1 $168.00 $168.00 $168.00 1.0×
Wellsville, NY single city 1 $93.02 $93.02 $93.02 1.0×
West Union, IA single city 1 $120.58 $120.58 $120.58 1.0×
Westbrook, MN single city 1 $459.20 $459.20 $459.20 1.0×
Whitehall, WI single city 1 $216.19 $216.19 $216.19 1.0×
Wild Rose, WI single city 1 $129.86 $129.86 $129.86 1.0×
Winamac, IN single city 1 $95.90 $95.90 $95.90 1.0×
Windsor, NC single city 1 $907.20 $907.20 $907.20 1.0×
Woodruff, WI single city 1 $135.20 $135.20 $135.20 1.0×
Waco, TX 2 $360.34 $447.83 $535.32 1.5×
Walla Walla, WA 1 $69.30 $69.30 $69.30 1.0×
Warner Robins, GA 3 $251.00 $535.00 $535.00 2.1×
Washington, NC 1 $81.62 $81.62 $81.62 1.0×
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 7 $34.50 $410.50 $410.50 11.9×
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 2 $86.45 $165.63 $244.80 2.8×
Wausau, WI 2 $135.20 $155.95 $176.70 1.3×
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 $414.50 $414.50 $414.50 1.0×
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 1 $223.20 $223.20 $223.20 1.0×
West Plains, MO 1 $191.75 $191.75 $191.75 1.0×
Wheeling, WV-OH 3 $46.50 $183.50 $346.50 7.5×
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI 1 $230.00 $230.00 $230.00 1.0×
Williamsport, PA 1 $300.00 $300.00 $300.00 1.0×
Williston, ND 1 $45.82 $45.82 $45.82 1.0×
Winston-Salem, NC 2 $280.00 $287.75 $295.50 1.1×
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 2 $135.20 $155.95 $176.70 1.3×
Worcester, MA 3 $585.00 $928.00 $960.00 1.6×
York, NE single city 1 $196.25 $196.25 $196.25 1.0×
York-Hanover, PA 1 $575.40 $575.40 $575.40 1.0×
Youngstown-Warren, OH 2 $267.60 $267.60 $267.60 1.0×
Yuma, AZ 1 $386.75 $386.75 $386.75 1.0×

Common questions

What if more than one spot is biopsied?

Each additional lesion is billed with the add-on code 11103, plus pathology for each sample.

How is this different from a punch biopsy?

A punch biopsy removes a small round core of skin and is billed as 11104. The doctor chooses the method.

How much does Medicare pay for CPT 11102 (Shave skin biopsy)?

$415.32 is Medicare's 2026 national base rate for this service in a hospital outpatient department, including the patient's share and before the local wage adjustment. The median hospital cash price, $267.91 across 1,191 hospitals, is 0.6× that.

Other mole removal prices

Median hospital cash price, one per hospital.