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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Colorado 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?

$4,460

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$166 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,318 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,128Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $126 to $871
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,981professional $479

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
$524.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 7th of 51

$4,460

$479 physician + $3,981 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.