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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $912 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$112 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$347 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,548Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $85 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $245

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Nebraska. 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.

Colorado· 15th of 51

$269

OK $575NE $129

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.