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Skin Wedge Biopsy, Single Site

Alabama rates for HCPCS 11106

Removes a small wedge-shaped piece of skin, cutting deeper than a shave or punch biopsy, to obtain a fuller sample of skin for diagnosis. The wound is typically closed with simple stitches at the same time. This version covers a single site; sampling additional areas during the same visit is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skin Wedge Biopsy, Single Site cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$117$53.70 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$676 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,995Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $51 to $170
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $117

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
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Alaska than in Wyoming. 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· 42nd of 51

$138

AK $229WY $120

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.