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Needle Core Biopsy of the Breast, by Feel

Arizona 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 6 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$132$72.44 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,445 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,623Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $60 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $132

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$155

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.