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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 October 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$107 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$100 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $52 to $1,096Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $81 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $229professional $174

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
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.00

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$182

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.