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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$74.13 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$72.44 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $68 to $692Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $54 to $200
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $100

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
$77.62
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
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
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.18

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Pennsylvania. 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.

Arkansas· 30th of 51

$110

AK $257PA $93.33

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.