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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Arizona 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?

$2,900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$501$145 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,445 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,623Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,047
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $501

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
$1,071.52
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$812.83

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 18th of 51

$2,900

$501 physician + $2,399 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.