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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Arkansas 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?

$1,525

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,525 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$295$155 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$794 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,455Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $120 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $295

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
$199.53
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$912.01
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$891.25

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 46th of 51

$1,525

$295 physician + $1,230 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.