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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Arizona 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$105$69.18 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$447 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $102 to $5,623Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $50 to $525
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $105

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 18th of 51

$135

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.