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Needle Core Biopsy of the Breast, by Feel

Montana 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$158$117 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$117 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $115 to $309Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $76 to $355
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $229professional $158

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$251.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 16th of 51

$174

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.