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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Minnesota 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$170$115 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$288 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,514Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $83 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $603professional $170

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
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$182

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.