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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

Connecticut 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$91.20 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$891 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,754Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $63 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $204

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$549.54
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
$44.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$35.48

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 33rd of 51

$229

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.