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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Michigan 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?

$2,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$257$155 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$794 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,898Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $126 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $257

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
$302.00
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$794.33

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 28th of 51

$2,299

$257 physician + $2,042 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.