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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Utah 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?

$3,554

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$603$204 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$2,692 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,571Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $603

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
$776.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,148.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Utah 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

Utah· 13th of 51

$3,554

$603 physician + $2,951 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.