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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

New Jersey 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?

$4,935

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,935 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$468$145 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,239 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $9,550Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,259
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $468

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
$1,174.90
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 2nd of 51

$4,935

$468 physician + $4,467 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.