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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Iowa 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $407 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$117 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$141 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $112 to $2,291Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $87 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $407professional $155

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
$151.36
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$223.87
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
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.14

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$178

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.