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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Oregon 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 8 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$148$100 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$132 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,698Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $69 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $195professional $148

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
$134.90
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$281.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 9th of 51

$158

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.