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Extra Punch Skin Biopsy, Additional Lesion

Alaska rates for HCPCS 11105

A small, cylindrical sample of skin is removed with a punch tool from an additional spot beyond the first one already biopsied in the same visit, so the tissue can be examined under a microscope. It applies each time an extra lesion is sampled during the same session.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extra Punch Skin Biopsy, Additional Lesion cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$107$60.26 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$85.11 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $35 to $4,677Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $37 to $240
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $257professional $107

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
$85.11
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91

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

$123

AK $123ME $48.98

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.