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Biopsy Of Tissue Inside The Nose

North Carolina 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$148$85.11 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$138 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $79 to $5,495Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $68 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $148

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
$107.15
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$257.04
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$148

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.