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Needle Biopsy of a Salivary Gland

Mississippi 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?

$876

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $876 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $100 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$100$63.10 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$417 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,820Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $50 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $100

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
$48.98
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 34th of 50

$876

$100 physician + $776 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.