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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

South 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 October 2026.

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

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$245$115 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$148 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $81 to $2,951Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $79 to $427
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $617professional $245

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
$79.43
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$489.78
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 18th 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.