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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Connecticut 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?

$4,833

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,833 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$468$204 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$3,548 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $10,471Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $468

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
$2,290.87
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,318.26
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$4,833

$468 physician + $4,365 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.