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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Alabama 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?

$1,932

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,932 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$347$170 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$776 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $245 to $3,090Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $129 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $347

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
$245.47
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$724.44

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 39th of 51

$1,932

$347 physician + $1,585 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.