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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

Virginia 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?

$1,698

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$148 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$269 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $170 to $5,248Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $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
$223.87
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$812.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$977.24
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$954.99

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$1,698

$468 physician + $1,230 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.