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Muscle Biopsy, Superficial

Kansas rates for HCPCS 20200

Takes a small sample of muscle through a short incision so it can be examined in the laboratory. The sample is taken from a muscle lying close to the surface. It is used to look for the cause of muscle weakness, pain or wasting, such as inflammation, an inherited muscle disease, or a problem with how muscle produces energy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Muscle Biopsy, Superficial cost?

$886

Typical total for the visit. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $886 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$123 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$589 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,802Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $110 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Kansas· 43rd of 51

$886

$240 physician + $646 facility

CO $4,480WV $407

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.