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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

Massachusetts 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 8 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$224$83.18 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$100 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $79 to $3,631Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $69 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $224

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
$229.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,467.37
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$588.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,467.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$616.60

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 38th of 51

$229

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.