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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

Iowa 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$162 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$339 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $158 to $3,388Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $123 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $355

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
$354.81
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$794.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$741.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
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
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$35.48

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$407

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.