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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Louisiana 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?

$1,776

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,776 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$200 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$794 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,631Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $135 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $427

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
$380.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$794.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$831.76

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 41st of 51

$1,776

$427 physician + $1,349 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.