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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Illinois 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$102$69.18 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$126 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,995Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $59 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $102

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
$93.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$302.00
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
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
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.33

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 27th of 51

$112

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.