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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Georgia 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$75.86 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$794 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $166 to $5,888Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $55 to $219
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$91.20
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 21st of 51

$129

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.