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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Maryland 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?

$1,053

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$407$145 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$135 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $63 to $2,570Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $126 to $832
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $646professional $407

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
$63.10
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$977.24
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 50th of 51

$1,053

$407 physician + $646 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.