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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

New Mexico 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$105$66.07 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$117 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,380Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $52 to $355
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $240professional $105

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
$64.57
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 31st of 51

$117

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.