Punch skin biopsy cost in New York
In New York, 62 hospitals publish a cash price for skin biopsy, punch, one lesion: from $53.28 to $1,653.68, with a median of $472.79. The lowest price is at St. Barnabas Hospital (Bronx). The highest price is 31.0× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 11104. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$53.28St. Barnabas Hospital
Median$472.79half pay less
Highest$1,653.68in New York
Lowest saves$419.51vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Barnabas Hospital lowest Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $53.28 | $197.44 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $53.73 | $268.63 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $53.73 | $268.63 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $53.73 | $268.63 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $88.00 | $176.00 | — source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $92.43 | $155.00 | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY PR Biopsy Skin Punch Single Lesion | $98.00 | $98.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY PR Biopsy Skin Punch Single Lesion | $103.00 | $103.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $113.30 | $190.00 | — source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $115.68 | $194.00 | — source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $133.35 | $666.75 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $135.00 | $135.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $167.03 | $238.61 | — source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $191.71 | $321.50 | — source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $199.50 | $997.50 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $208.00 | $208.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY Punch Biopsy of Skin; Single Lesion | $261.66 | $327.08 | — source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY Punch Biopsy of Skin; Single Lesion | $261.66 | $327.08 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $270.00 | $270.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $270.00 | $270.00 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $270.00 | $270.00 | — source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY PR Biopsy Skin Punch Single Lesion | $321.00 | $321.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $341.60 | $488.00 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY HC - PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $361.00 | $361.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $379.80 | $633.00 | — source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $415.32 | $108.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $415.32 | $110.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $415.32 | $107.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY PR PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $470.00 | $470.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESIO | $472.79 | $824.44 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESIO | $472.79 | $643.54 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESIO | $472.79 | $643.54 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY Punch bx skin single lesion | $482.53 | — | — source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $497.06 | $764.71 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $497.06 | $764.71 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $497.06 | $764.71 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $611.77 | $764.71 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PUNCH BIOPSY; FIRST SKIN GROWTH | $637.00 | $637.00 | — source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion | $645.00 | $645.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Punch Biopsy Skin Single Lesion|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES | $645.00 | $645.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $887.65 | $887.65 | — source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $911.47 | $1,402.26 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $915.44 | $1,408.37 | — source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $920.28 | $1,415.81 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PUNCH BIOPSY; FIRST SKIN GROWTH | $922.00 | $922.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PUNCH BIOPSY; FIRST SKIN GROWTH | $922.00 | $922.00 | — source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC PUNCH BIOPSY SKIN SINGLE LESION | $933.42 | $1,436.03 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY HC BX SKIN PUNCH INCL CLOSURE 1ST LESN | $935.22 | $1,199.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESN SP | $954.00 | $750.04 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PUNCH BIOPSY; FIRST SKIN GROWTH | $954.01 | $954.01 | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Punch Bx Skin Single Lesion | $972.00 | $1,080.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Punch Bx Skin Single Lesion | $972.00 | $1,080.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Punch Bx Skin Single Lesion | $972.00 | $1,080.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Punch Bx Skin Single Lesion | $972.00 | $1,080.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Punch Bx Skin Single Lesion | $972.00 | $1,080.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $1,108.40 | $1,304.00 | — source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PUNCH BX SKIN SINGLE LESION | $1,436.33 | $1,595.92 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Bx Skin 1St Lesion Punch | $1,653.68 | $1,653.68 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 27 | $53.28 | $922.00 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $88.00 | $489.80 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 6 | $167.03 | $270.00 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $53.73 | $191.71 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $915.44 | $920.28 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 2 | $103.00 | $212.00 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $53.73 | $53.73 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $379.80 | $657.51 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $911.47 | $911.47 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $261.66 | $261.66 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $470.00 | $470.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $199.50 | $199.50 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $208.00 | $208.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $133.35 | $133.35 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $361.00 | $361.00 |
| Syracuse, NY | 1 | $98.00 | $98.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $115.68 | $115.68 |
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.
Skin biopsy, punch, one lesion in other states
- Alabama$1,021.00
- Alaska$657.54
- Arizona$498.85
- Arkansas$194.90
- California$722.80
- Colorado$634.20
- Connecticut$265.00
- Delaware$753.48
- Florida$779.10
- Georgia$560.04
- Hawaii$399.60
- Idaho$1,117.00
- Illinois$291.19
- Indiana$392.25
- Iowa$308.00
- Kansas$598.76
- Kentucky$437.14
- Louisiana$158.60
- Maine$84.45
- Maryland$266.70
- Massachusetts$398.05
- Michigan$254.24
- Minnesota$325.54
- Mississippi$196.32
- Missouri$202.80
- Montana$171.01
- Nebraska$254.52
- Nevada$442.00
- New Hampshire$142.20
- New Jersey$494.28
- New Mexico$294.07
- North Carolina$265.50
- North Dakota$113.29
- Ohio$437.00
- Oklahoma$170.41
- Oregon$224.25
- Pennsylvania$690.60
- Rhode Island$299.40
- South Carolina$300.50
- South Dakota$504.00
- Tennessee$102.57
- Texas$478.80
- Utah$462.63
- Vermont$177.10
- Virginia$393.50
- Washington$349.54
- West Virginia$301.00
- Wisconsin$222.30
- Wyoming$403.86
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.