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Needle Core Biopsy of the Breast, by Feel

Alabama rates for HCPCS 19100

A sample of breast tissue is taken with a hollow needle passed through the skin, so it can be examined under a microscope. The doctor locates the lump by feel and guides the needle by hand rather than using a scan to steer it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Core Biopsy of the Breast, by Feel cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 4 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$120$64.57 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,096 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,818Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $60 to $170
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $120

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alabama· 45th of 51

$135

CA $1,230RI $117

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.