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Shave (Tangential) Skin Biopsy, Single Spot

Alaska rates for HCPCS 11102

A provider removes a thin, shaved sliver of skin from a single suspicious spot using a blade or razor-like tool, without needing stitches afterward. The sample is sent to a lab so a pathologist can examine it under a microscope and determine what it is. This method is used for growths or rashes that sit mostly at the surface of the skin.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Shave (Tangential) Skin Biopsy, Single Spot cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $339 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$91.20 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$151 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $91 to $661Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $60 to $407
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $339professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$195

AK $195ME $79.43

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.