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Fine Needle Biopsy With Imaging Guidance

Alabama rates for HCPCS 10011

A biopsy in which a very fine needle is passed through the skin into a lump or an abnormal area to draw out a small sample of cells for the laboratory. Imaging is used at the same time so the needle can be watched and steered accurately into the target.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fine Needle Biopsy With Imaging Guidance cost?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 4 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$316$275 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$832 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,042Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $245 to $490
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $316

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$457

CA $3,236ND $302

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.