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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

South 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?

$3,181

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,181 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$363$151 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$692 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $200 to $9,333Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,413
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $363

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
$190.55
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,412.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$758.58

Where South 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

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$3,181

$363 physician + $2,818 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.