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On-The-Spot Check Of A Needle Biopsy Sample

New Jersey 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$33.88 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$46.77 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $32 to $20,893Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $30 to $102
$100$1K$10Kfacility $347professional $45

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
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$38.02
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$40.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$107.15
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$69.18
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.90
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
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.77

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$48.98

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.