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Needle Biopsy of the Kidney

West 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?

$4,432

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,432 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$145 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$3,311 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $468 to $8,913Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $126 to $603
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,169professional $263

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
$467.74
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,398.83
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,748.98
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$562.34

Where West 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

West Virginia· 8th of 51

$4,432

$263 physician + $4,169 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.