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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Montana 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?

$1,153

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,153 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$282$170 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$224 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $214 to $5,370Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $123 to $912
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $871professional $282

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
$1,737.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,023.29
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 51

$1,153

$282 physician + $871 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.