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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

Louisiana 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$214$95.50 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$501 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $155 to $3,467Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $72 to $347
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,259professional $214

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
$295.12
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$324

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.