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Needle Core Biopsy of the Breast, by Feel

Nebraska 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$155$120 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,995 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $316 to $13,490Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $60 to $427
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $155

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$229

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.