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Biopsy Of Tissue Inside The Nose

Maryland 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 6 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$135$81.28 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$74.13 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $35 to $4,074Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $66 to $437
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $83professional $135

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
$35.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$436.52
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$135

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.