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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Michigan 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 6 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$87.10$61.66 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$117 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $65 to $4,898Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $48 to $158
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $148professional $87

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
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 46th of 51

$105

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.