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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 October 2026.

How much does Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance cost?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$126 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$83.18 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $66 to $2,570Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $79 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $166professional $269

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$724.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$269.15
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
$32.36
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$257

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.