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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Idaho 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?

$2,499

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,499 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$170 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$794 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $288 to $4,467Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $550

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
$346.74
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 26th of 51

$2,499

$550 physician + $1,950 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.