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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Idaho 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 8 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$138$75.86 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$123 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $85 to $4,467Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $69 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $347professional $138

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
$588.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 17th of 51

$138

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.