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Biopsy Of Tissue Inside The Nose

Alabama rates for HCPCS 30100

Takes a small piece of tissue from inside the nose so it can be examined under a microscope. The lining is numbed, a sample is taken from the abnormal area, and any bleeding is controlled with pressure or light packing. It is done to explain a growth, an ulcer, persistent crusting or bleeding, or long-standing inflammation that has not responded to treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Biopsy Of Tissue Inside The Nose cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$91.20 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,072 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,455Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $65 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $132

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Oklahoma than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alabama· 20th of 51

$158

OK $1,288RI $115

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.