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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

North Carolina 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 6 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$229$93.33 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$240 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $78 to $5,495Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $78 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $229

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
$77.62
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 25th of 51

$245

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.