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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

Rhode Island 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$105$74.13 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$117 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $89 to $3,890Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $56 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $269professional $105

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
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
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.14

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$105

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.