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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

North Dakota 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?

$1,099

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$174 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$324 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,818Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,230
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $550

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
$128.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 51

$1,099

$550 physician + $550 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.