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Needle Core Biopsy of the Breast, by Feel

New Jersey 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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 5 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$64.57 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$3,802 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $282 to $10,471Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $59 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $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
$281.84
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$371.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,511.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$275.42

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 41st of 51

$141

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.