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Extra Punch Skin Biopsy, Additional Lesion

Alabama 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 5 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$48.98$24.55 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$617 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,585Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $23 to $69
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $49

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
$562.34
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$53.70

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.