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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Kentucky 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?

$2,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$275$155 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$912 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,631Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $126 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $275

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
$177.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$537.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$954.99

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 37th of 51

$2,054

$275 physician + $1,778 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.