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Skin Punch Biopsy, Single Site

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 11104

This procedure removes a small, cylindrical sample of skin using a circular cutting tool, going deep enough to capture the full thickness of the skin for examination under a microscope. It's used to help diagnose a rash, growth, or other skin condition when a visual exam alone isn't enough to determine what it is. The small wound is often closed with a stitch or two as part of the same visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skin Punch Biopsy, Single Site cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $933 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$105$54.95 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$339 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $132 to $3,467Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $46 to $158
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $933professional $105

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
$117.49
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$135

AK $245ME $100

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.