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Biopsy Of Tissue Inside The Nose

Virginia 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 8 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$120$81.28 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$117 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $76 to $7,079Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $72 to $269
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $120

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
$117.49
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$234.42

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$145

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.