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Muscle Biopsy, Superficial

Louisiana 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?

$1,274

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,274 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$178$126 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$813 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,802Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $102 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $178

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
$389.05
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
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
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$31.62

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$1,274

$178 physician + $1,096 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.