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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Nebraska 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$93.33$70.79 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$117 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $95 to $3,467Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $49 to $229
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $245professional $93

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
$93.33
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.33

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 46th of 51

$100

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.