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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Delaware 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?

$886

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $886 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$158 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$129 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $115 to $7,943Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $129 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $562professional $324

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
$114.82
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$891.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$831.76

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 51st of 51

$886

$324 physician + $562 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.