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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 October 2026.

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

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$110$77.62 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$117 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $76 to $3,548Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $62 to $195
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $110

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
$54.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
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
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.47

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 21st of 51

$120

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.