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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Missouri 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 7 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$97.72$70.79 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$724 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $162 to $5,012Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $49 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $98

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
$74.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$141

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.