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Extra Punch Skin Biopsy, Additional Lesion

Louisiana 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$54.95$30.20 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$380 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $63 to $3,467Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $26 to $83
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,148professional $55

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
$70.79
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18

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· 19th of 51

$64.57

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.