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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

North Dakota 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 5 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$126$97.72 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$54.95 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $51 to $1,995Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $58 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $98professional $126

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
$97.72
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 28th of 51

$120

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.