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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Delaware 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$91.20$67.61 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$85.11 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $68 to $1,698Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $48 to $186
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $100professional $91

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
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
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.91

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 48th of 51

$95.50

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.