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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

New Jersey 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$93.33$53.70 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$182 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $100 to $6,026Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $44 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $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
$61.66
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$245.47
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,659.59
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$190.55
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
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.18

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 34th of 51

$107

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.