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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

North Carolina 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?

$1,548

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,548 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$501$162 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$603 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $174 to $5,495Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,413
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $501

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
$186.21
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 45th of 51

$1,548

$501 physician + $1,047 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.