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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$97.72$69.18 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$282 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,479Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $48 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $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
$47.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 44th 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.