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Skin Wedge Biopsy, Single Site

Massachusetts 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 9 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$145$81.28 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$85.11 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $65 to $3,631Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $54 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $145

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
$123.03
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$501.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$371.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$389.05
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$398.11

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th of 51

$151

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.