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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Maryland 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?

$102

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $57.54 to $138.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $55 to $617Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $51 to $195
$50$100$200$500facility $95professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
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
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.47

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Maryland· 39th of 51

$102

AK $257KY $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.