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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Rhode Island 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?

$575

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $170 to $794.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $7,413Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $148 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $295

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$933.25

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Hawaii than in Vermont. 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.

Rhode Island· 33rd of 51

$575

HI $1,148VT $229

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.