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Muscle Biopsy, Superficial

Rhode Island 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?

$1,531

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,531 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$123 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$891 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,898Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $98 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $182

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
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
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.70

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$1,531

$182 physician + $1,349 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.