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Needle Biopsy Without Imaging, First Site

South Carolina 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 7 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$110$61.66 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$186 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $93 to $9,772Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $54 to $380
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $562professional $110

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
$109.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$199.53

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 24th of 51

$123

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.