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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Illinois 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?

$2,108

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,108 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$245$166 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$955 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $380 to $9,550Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $126 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $245

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
$331.13
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$831.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$977.24

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$2,108

$245 physician + $1,862 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.