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Biopsy Of Tissue Inside The Nose

Iowa 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 7 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$209$132 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$389 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $170 to $6,761Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $76 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $209

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
$208.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$354.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$331.13

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$282

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.