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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Massachusetts 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?

$1,849

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,849 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$170 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$195 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $145 to $3,715Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,148
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $437

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
$691.83
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$912.01
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 40th of 51

$1,849

$437 physician + $1,413 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.