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Needle Core Biopsy of the Breast, by Feel

South Carolina 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$138$74.13 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$170 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $83 to $9,772Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $68 to $288
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,259professional $138

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
$74.13
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$155

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.