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Extra Punch Skin Biopsy, Additional Lesion

Minnesota 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $186 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$87.10$54.95 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$67.61 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $35 to $589Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $36 to $200
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $186professional $87

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
$24.55
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$257.04
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$177.83

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$89.13

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.