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Needle Core Biopsy of the Breast, by Feel

Oregon 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$214$132 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$178 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $120 to $5,012Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $89 to $447
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $282professional $214

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
$165.96
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$380.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 8th of 51

$224

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.