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Needle Biopsy of Muscle

Nevada 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?

$1,927

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,927 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$229$61.66 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$759 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $54 to $5,888Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,047
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $229

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
$53.70
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$371.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$354.81
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 25th of 51

$1,927

$229 physician + $1,698 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.