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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Iowa 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?

$3,037

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,037 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$525$251 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$933 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $282 to $6,310Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $525

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
$263.03
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$3,037

$525 physician + $2,512 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.