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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Alaska rates for HCPCS 10021

This is a fine-needle biopsy in which a thin needle is used to draw out a small sample of cells from a lump or area of concern for laboratory analysis, done by feel rather than with the help of ultrasound or other imaging. It covers the first site sampled during a visit. Additional sites, if sampled, are handled separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $275 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$275$138 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$102 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,862Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $74 to $550
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $275professional $275

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$660.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$630.96

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$275

CA $324DE $91.20

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.