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Skin Wedge Biopsy, Single Site

Michigan 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 7 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$132$61.66 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$182 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $69 to $4,898Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $49 to $195
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $224professional $132

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
$69.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$275.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$141

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.