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Needle Biopsy Of The Spinal Cord

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 62269

A needle is passed through the skin of the back, guided by imaging, to take a small sample of tissue from the spinal cord for laboratory examination. No open incision is made. It is done to identify an abnormality already seen on a scan, such as a growth or an area of inflammation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy Of The Spinal Cord cost?

$1,244

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$331 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$355 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $282 to $3,631Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $269 to $4,169
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,513.56
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,311.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,148.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,311.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$151.36
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Massachusetts· 41st of 51

$1,244

$468 physician + $776 facility

CO $4,737MT $787

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.