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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

Alabama rates for HCPCS 10010

This add-on procedure covers taking a fine-needle sample from an additional lump or area of concern using CT scan images to guide the needle to the right spot, during the same visit as a first CT-guided needle biopsy. A thin needle draws out a small sample of cells for examination under a microscope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance cost?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 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 4 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$191$70.79 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$759 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,622Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $69 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $191

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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· 40th of 51

$219

CA $2,512KY $191

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.