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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Oklahoma 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$117$74.13 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$204 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $98 to $2,951Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $63 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $117

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
$630.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
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
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.23

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 13th of 51

$132

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.