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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Maine 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?

$1,985

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,985 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$437$166 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,479 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $11,749Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $138 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,122.02
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$11,748.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Maine 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

Maine· 38th of 51

$1,985

$437 physician + $1,549 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.