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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

Kentucky 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$69.18 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$77.62 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $63 to $851Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $63 to $331
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $158professional $178

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
$63.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$109.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$21.38

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$178

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.