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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Nevada 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$100$69.18 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$93.33 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $50 to $4,365Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $50 to $603
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $100

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
$50.12
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$194.98
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$151.36
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 32nd of 51

$115

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.