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Additional Needle Biopsy Sample with CT Guidance

Virginia 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$83.18 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$178 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $91 to $4,786Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $71 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $661professional $214

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
$93.33
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
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
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$30.90

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th of 51

$224

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.