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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Minnesota 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?

$2,539

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,539 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$589$263 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$955 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $347 to $4,898Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,738
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $589

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
$120.23
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 25th of 51

$2,539

$589 physician + $1,950 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.