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Needle Core Biopsy of the Breast, by Feel

Minnesota 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$240$148 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$288 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $148 to $4,898Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $107 to $525
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $575professional $240

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
$61.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$512.86

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$245

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.