Shave skin biopsy cost in Alaska
In Alaska, 12 hospitals publish a cash price for tangential (shave-style) skin biopsy, one lesion: from $120.12 to $18,737.97, with a median of $361.89. The lowest price is at Providence Valdez Medical Center (Valdez). The highest price is 156.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $361.89, is 21% above the US median of $300.00.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- Alaska ranks 32nd of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 11102. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 3, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$120.12Providence Valdez Medical Center
Median$361.89half of hospitals charge less
Highest$18,737.97in Alaska
Lowest saves$241.77vs the median
Hospitals in Alaska, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Valdez Medical Center lowest Valdez · Valdez, AK HC PR 11102 TANGENTIAL BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $120.12 | $154.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cordova Community Medical Center Cordova · Cordova, AK TANGENTIAL BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION: FF | $128.00 | $256.00 | Mar 10, 2026 source file |
| Ketchikan Medial Center Ketchikan · Ketchikan, AK BIOPSY OF RELATED SKIN GROWTH; FIRST GROWTH | $269.75 | $415.00 | Mar 20, 2026 source file |
| Maniilaq Health Center Kotzebue · Kotzebue, AK Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth | $321.00 | $321.00 | Oct 15, 2026 source file |
| Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center Kodiak · Kodiak, AK HC ED TANGENTIAL BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION CDM | $351.78 | $451.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Seward Hospital Seward · Seward, AK HC ED TANGENTIAL BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION CDM | $351.78 | $451.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Norton Sound Health Nome · Nome, AK Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth | $372.00 | $744.00 | Feb 19, 2026 source file |
| Central Peninsula General Hospital Soldotna · Soldotna, AK Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth | $386.00 | $386.00 | Aug 19, 2026 source file |
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Anchorage · Anchorage, AK Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth | $389.00 | $389.00 | Oct 15, 2026 source file |
| Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Fairbanks · Fairbanks-College, AK Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth | $623.20 | $656.00 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage · Anchorage, AK HC ED TANGENTIAL BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION CDM | $946.14 | $1,213.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mat-Su Valley Medical Center Palmer · Anchorage, AK TANGNTL BX SKIN SINGLE LES | $18,737.97 | $62,459.90 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK | 3 | $389.00 | $946.14 |
| Cordova, AK | 1 | $128.00 | $128.00 |
| Fairbanks-College, AK | 1 | $623.20 | $623.20 |
| Kodiak, AK | 1 | $351.78 | $351.78 |
| Kotzebue, AK | 1 | $321.00 | $321.00 |
| Ketchikan, AK | 1 | $269.75 | $269.75 |
| Nome, AK | 1 | $372.00 | $372.00 |
| Seward, AK | 1 | $351.78 | $351.78 |
| Soldotna, AK | 1 | $386.00 | $386.00 |
| Valdez, AK | 1 | $120.12 | $120.12 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What shave skin biopsy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Shave skin biopsy explained.
Tangential (shave-style) skin biopsy, one lesion in other states
- Alabama$310.28
- Arizona$386.75
- Arkansas$262.10
- California$552.00
- Colorado$420.84
- Connecticut$404.10
- Delaware$615.18
- District of Columbia$462.49, 3 hospitals
- Florida$618.20
- Georgia$560.04
- Hawaii$507.50
- Idaho$209.40
- Illinois$296.00
- Indiana$407.10
- Iowa$215.85
- Kansas$275.94
- Kentucky$204.00
- Louisiana$193.27
- Maine$203.75
- Maryland$581.04
- Massachusetts$437.00
- Michigan$286.65
- Minnesota$252.78
- Mississippi$179.52
- Missouri$250.90
- Montana$232.50
- Nebraska$193.13
- Nevada$297.00
- New Hampshire$100.37
- New Jersey$544.82
- New Mexico$695.70
- New York$497.06
- North Carolina$249.00
- North Dakota$269.60
- Ohio$301.88
- Oklahoma$283.40
- Oregon$217.13
- Pennsylvania$566.06
- Puerto Rico$154.61, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$454.00
- South Carolina$277.00
- South Dakota$397.28
- Tennessee$172.04
- Texas$360.34
- Utah$341.31, 4 hospitals
- Vermont$142.15
- Virginia$251.40
- Washington$264.00
- West Virginia$346.50
- Wisconsin$240.00
- Wyoming$345.42
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.