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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Colorado 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 7 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$102$61.66 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,318 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $102 to $6,607Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $55 to $234
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $102

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
$102.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$371.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$218.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 13th of 51

$148

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.