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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures on skin and subcutaneous tissue

Incisional biopsy of skin, single growth

CPT 11106the billing code this page is about

A wedge of skin is cut out of one growth with a blade, through the deeper skin layers, and sent for lab testing.

Hospitals typically charge $487 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,412 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $529. Most fall between $208 and $1,009 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,412
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,412 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$141$252$487$870$1,454

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($141 vs $1,454).

How the prices are spread

$93 – $127: 90 hospitals$93$127 – $173: 135 hospitals$173 – $236: 227 hospitals$173$236 – $322: 232 hospitals$322 – $440: 284 hospitals$322$440 – $600: 309 hospitals$600 – $819: 348 hospitals$600$819 – $1,117: 264 hospitals$1,117 – $1,524: 190 hospitals$1,117$1,524 – $2,080: 93 hospitals$1,524median $487price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,172 of 2,412 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$93$12790
$127$173135
$173$236227
$236$322232
$322$440284
$440$600309
$600$819348
$819$1,117264
$1,117$1,524190
$1,524$2,08093

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$755
Median cash price$487
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.65×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $487.

Alaska: median $298 across 13 hospitalsAK$298Maine: median $328 across 21 hospitalsME$328Vermont: median $223 across 12 hospitalsVT$223New Hampshire: median $145 across 13 hospitalsNH$145Washington: median $487 across 69 hospitalsWA$487Idaho: median $325 across 20 hospitalsID$325Montana: median $194 across 23 hospitalsMT$194North Dakota: median $360 across 21 hospitalsND$360Minnesota: median $286 across 72 hospitalsMN$286Illinois: median $462 across 100 hospitalsIL$462Wisconsin: median $269 across 89 hospitalsWI$269Michigan: median $447 across 85 hospitalsMI$447New York: median $724 across 91 hospitalsNY$724Massachusetts: median $550 across 43 hospitalsMA$550Oregon: median $279 across 51 hospitalsOR$279Nevada: median $584 across 14 hospitalsNV$584Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $441 across 20 hospitalsSD$441Iowa: median $324 across 69 hospitalsIA$324Indiana: median $507 across 64 hospitalsIN$507Ohio: median $607 across 126 hospitalsOH$607Pennsylvania: median $746 across 107 hospitalsPA$746New Jersey: median $857 across 55 hospitalsNJ$857Connecticut: median $605 across 20 hospitalsCT$605Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,139 across 132 hospitalsCA$1,139Utah: median $521 across 29 hospitalsUT$521Colorado: median $468 across 47 hospitalsCO$468Nebraska: median $321 across 53 hospitalsNE$321Missouri: median $357 across 66 hospitalsMO$357Kentucky: median $443 across 36 hospitalsKY$443West Virginia: median $666 across 33 hospitalsWV$666Virginia: median $448 across 59 hospitalsVA$448Maryland: median $612 across 15 hospitalsMD$612Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $621 across 29 hospitalsAZ$621New Mexico: median $540 across 24 hospitalsNM$540Kansas: median $263 across 57 hospitalsKS$263Arkansas: median $309 across 17 hospitalsAR$309Tennessee: median $182 across 41 hospitalsTN$182North Carolina: median $348 across 58 hospitalsNC$348South Carolina: median $905 across 41 hospitalsSC$905Oklahoma: median $392 across 38 hospitalsOK$392Louisiana: median $416 across 33 hospitalsLA$416Mississippi: median $272 across 39 hospitalsMS$272Alabama: median $825 across 31 hospitalsAL$825Georgia: median $836 across 70 hospitalsGA$836Hawaii: median $714 across 14 hospitalsHI$714Texas: median $517 across 142 hospitalsTX$517Florida: median $1,030 across 86 hospitalsFL$1,030
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $487. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA132$1,139+134%$300 – $1,658
Florida FL86$1,030+111%$424 – $1,492
South Carolina SC41$905+86%$419 – $1,466
New Jersey NJ55$857+76%$678 – $3,786
Georgia GA70$836+72%$416 – $1,049
Alabama AL31$825+69%$400 – $1,225
Pennsylvania PA107$746+53%$300 – $1,217
New York NY91$724+49%$179 – $1,394
Hawaii HI14$714+47%$174 – $1,462
West Virginia WV33$666+37%$391 – $797
Arizona AZ29$621+27%$221 – $1,117
Maryland MD15$612+26%$384 – $1,058
Ohio OH126$607+25%$409 – $1,009
Connecticut CT20$605+24%$300 – $1,180
Nevada NV14$584+20%$162 – $2,757
Massachusetts MA43$550+13%$233 – $778
New Mexico NM24$540+11%$116 – $1,819
Utah UT29$521+7%$521 – $651
Texas TX142$517+6%$339 – $813
Indiana IN64$507+4%$207 – $818
Washington WA69$4870%$184 – $746
Colorado CO47$468−4%$287 – $898
Illinois IL100$462−5%$253 – $935
Virginia VA59$448−8%$152 – $777
Michigan MI85$447−8%$64 – $832
Kentucky KY36$443−9%$229 – $932
South Dakota SD20$441−10%$234 – $680
Louisiana LA33$416−15%$168 – $624
Oklahoma OK38$392−20%$189 – $737
North Dakota ND21$360−26%$146 – $451
Missouri MO66$357−27%$150 – $1,049
North Carolina NC58$348−29%$207 – $571
Maine ME21$328−33%$71 – $497
Idaho ID20$325−33%$106 – $1,686
Iowa IA69$324−33%$155 – $652
Nebraska NE53$321−34%$209 – $520
Arkansas AR17$309−37%$248 – $795
Alaska AK13$298−39%$178 – $741
Minnesota MN72$286−41%$173 – $589
Oregon OR51$279−43%$156 – $730
Mississippi MS39$272−44%$206 – $520
Wisconsin WI89$269−45%$207 – $566
Kansas KS57$263−46%$160 – $696
Vermont VT12$223−54%$164 – $892
Montana MT23$194−60%$134 – $371
Tennessee TN41$182−63%$114 – $512
New Hampshire NH13$145−70%$101 – $255
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $487.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,747$612$271 – $1,125
Children’s40$425$266 – $1,225
Critical access617$269$145 – $553
Ownership
For-profit208$656$271 – $1,278
Government455$331$162 – $800
Non-profit1,741$516$225 – $1,016
System affiliation
Part of a system1,951$520$230 – $1,030
Independent461$370$152 – $907

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$816
Median cash price$487
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,699 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $528 and the average of the middle 60% is $573; most fall between $235 and $1,049.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,699 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$150$277$528$934$1,436

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($150 vs $1,436).

Of the 1,823 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,699 gave a usable cash price; 44 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 80 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,412 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (61%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,593 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,412
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here87
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded93
Hospitals that filed this code2,593

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures on skin and subcutaneous tissue family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Hp 11106 Incisional Biopsy Skin Single Lesion.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Incisional biopsy of skin, single growth (CPT 11106) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11106-incisional-biopsy-of-skin-single-growth