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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

North Dakota 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$148 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$83.18 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $83 to $339Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $115 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $251professional $288

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
$83.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$562.34
4 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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$28.84

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 16th of 51

$263

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.