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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 July 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$174$79.43 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$257 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $79 to $21,878Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $76 to $275
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $174

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
$79.43
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$240

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.