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Needle Core Biopsy of the Breast, by Feel

Florida 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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$123$67.61 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$1,514 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,715Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $60 to $240
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,981professional $123

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
$549.54
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$257.04
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 42nd of 51

$138

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.