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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

South 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$309$158 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$126 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $100 to $437Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $117 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $151professional $309

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
$288.40
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$575.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$537.03
5 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
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$23.44

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 25th of 51

$245

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.