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On-The-Spot Check Of A Needle Biopsy Sample

Florida rates for HCPCS 88172

When a fine needle is used to collect cells from a lump or lesion, a specialist can examine the sample immediately while the patient is still present to confirm that enough material was collected to make a diagnosis. This on-the-spot check helps avoid the need to repeat the needle sampling on a separate visit if the first attempt didn't collect enough material.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does On-The-Spot Check Of A Needle Biopsy Sample cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$42.66$32.36 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$20.42 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $17 to $87Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $26 to $85
$20$50$100$200facility $29professional $43

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
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$57.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$50.12
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$29.51
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$79.43
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$43.65
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42
2 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
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.91

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Nevada. 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$41.69

WI $112NV $34.67

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.