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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

Minnesota 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$331$155 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$200 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $68 to $977Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $115 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $331

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
$67.61
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$33.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$339

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.