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Needle Biopsy of a Salivary Gland

Kansas rates for HCPCS 42400

In this procedure, a doctor uses a thin needle to take a small tissue sample from a salivary gland, usually to evaluate a lump or swelling in the gland. The sample is then examined under a microscope to help determine whether the growth is benign or something that needs further treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy of a Salivary Gland cost?

$1,753

Typical total for the visit. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,753 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $93.33 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$93.33$72.44 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$166 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $81 to $7,413Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $54 to $158
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $93

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
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$154.88

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 24.7 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Kansas· 21st of 50

$1,753

$93.33 physician + $1,660 facility

NJ $4,562WV $185

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.