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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50200

This procedure collects a small sample of kidney tissue using a needle inserted through the skin, guided into the kidney to obtain the sample. The tissue is examined in a lab to help diagnose kidney disease or evaluate an abnormal finding.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy of the Kidney cost?

$2,790

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,790 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$603$331 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$603 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $209 to $4,571Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $145 to $2,188
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $603

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,090.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in Delaware. 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

Alaska· 21st of 51

$2,790

$603 physician + $2,188 facility

CA $4,968DE $886

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.