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Needle Biopsy of Muscle

Alaska rates for HCPCS 20206

A provider inserts a needle through the skin and into a muscle to remove a small tissue sample for laboratory examination. This helps diagnose muscle diseases, inflammation, or other conditions affecting muscle tissue. It's a less invasive alternative to an open surgical muscle biopsy.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy of Muscle cost?

$659

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $659 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$145 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$166 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $72 to $3,890Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $56 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $407professional $251

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
$724.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$933.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.1 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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

Alaska· 44th of 51

$659

$251 physician + $407 facility

IN $5,056DE $416

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.