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Biopsy Of Tissue Inside The Nose

South 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$170 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $87 to $9,772Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $66 to $257
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,239professional $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
$81.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$138

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.