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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 October 2026.

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

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $269 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$66.07 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$107 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $72 to $2,344Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $48 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $269professional $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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
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
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.71

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$112

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.