| Appointment or procedure | Price |
|---|---|
| New patient consultation | $185 |
| Follow-up appointment | $120 |
| Full skin examination, whole body | $225 |
| Second opinion, with records reviewed beforehand | $240 |
| Mole or lesion assessment, single site | $150 |
| Skin biopsy, including laboratory | $275 |
| Cryotherapy, up to three lesions | $140 |
| Cryotherapy, each additional lesion | $25 |
| Excision of a benign lesion | $480 |
| Excision of a skin cancer, trunk or limb | $980 |
| Cyst or lipoma removal | $620 |
| Skin tag removal, up to ten | $210 |
| Wart treatment, per session | $130 |
| Patch testing, full series across three visits | $540 |
| Phototherapy, per session | $65 |
| Phototherapy, course of twenty-four | $1,290 |
| Intralesional injection, per site | $145 |
| Acne procedure appointment | $180 |
| Scalp examination with trichoscopy | $195 |
| Nail sampling for fungal testing | $135 |
| Chemical peel for pigmentation, per session | $220 |
| Teledermatology follow-up, established patients only | $85 |
How these prices work. These are self-pay prices, and they are the prices you pay if you have no coverage or if what you are having done is cosmetic. Most medical dermatology — a rash, a changing mole, acne, psoriasis, a biopsy, skin surgery — is covered by health insurance, and most cosmetic dermatology is not. That line is where dermatology billing surprises people, so we tell you which side of it you are on before the appointment starts and we put it in writing. Two honest warnings. First, we can tell you what we will bill; we cannot tell you what your plan will pay, because we do not have your plan in front of us and anybody who promises you a number is guessing with your money. Call the number on your card and ask about your deductible before you assume. Second, if a biopsy is taken, the laboratory that reads it bills separately from us — that is a second invoice from a different company, it surprises people every week, and the price above is the one that includes it. There are no packages to buy, no membership, and no fee for the appointment that checks the result of a procedure we performed.
Questions
Prices — the questions we are asked most
Are these the prices I will pay?
They are the self-pay prices, and they are what you pay if you have no coverage or if what you are having done is cosmetic. Most medical dermatology is covered by insurance and most cosmetic dermatology is not, and we tell you which side of that line your appointment falls on before it starts.
Can you tell me what my insurance will pay?
No, and anybody who gives you a number is guessing with your money. We do not have your plan in front of us, deductibles reset, and coverage varies by employer within the same insurer. Telephone the number on your card and ask what your deductible is and whether dermatology needs a referral.
Why is there a separate laboratory bill?
Because the pathologist who reads a biopsy works for a laboratory rather than for us, and that laboratory invoices you directly, weeks later. It surprises somebody every week. Our self-pay biopsy price of $275 includes it; if you are using insurance, that bill is between you and them and we will say so before taking the sample.
Do you offer packages or a membership?
No. Where a treatment genuinely needs a course — phototherapy, patch testing, a series of wart treatments — you pay per session as you have it and you can stop after any of them. A discount for committing in advance is a reason to keep attending that has nothing to do with your skin.
What if I cannot afford the treatment you recommend?
Tell us, because it is a clinical problem rather than an awkward one. There is nearly always a cheaper generic, an older medicine that works nearly as well, or a way to stage treatment across months. A plan you cannot afford is a plan that will not be followed, and we cannot solve what we are not told about.
This page is not medical advice, and it is not a diagnosis. Nothing on this website is medical advice for you in particular, and it is not a diagnosis. These pages describe conditions in general terms so that you arrive knowing what the questions are — they cannot tell you which condition you have, because that requires somebody to look at your skin, feel it, ask you a hundred questions and frequently take a sample of it. Two conditions on this website can look identical in a photograph and need opposite treatments. If something on your skin is new, changing, painful or not healing, the useful next step is an appointment rather than more reading.
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You are told which side of the medical and cosmetic line your visit falls on before it begins, and you get it in writing. If a procedure is recommended, you hear the price before it happens rather than reading it afterwards.