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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 July 2026.

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

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$174$100 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$389 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $145 to $6,761Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $68 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $174

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
$154.88
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$223.87

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$191

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.