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Additional On-Site Needle Biopsy Check

Illinois rates for HCPCS 88177

This is an additional on-the-spot review of a fine needle biopsy sample, performed when a specialist checks whether enough tissue was collected from the same site to make a diagnosis. It is done in addition to the main on-site check when more than one separate review is needed during the same needle biopsy procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional On-Site Needle Biopsy Check cost?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $24.55 to $34.67.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $22 to $51
$20$50$100professional $26

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$13.49
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$173.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$114.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.18

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Minnesota 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.

Illinois· 31st of 51

$26.30

MN $64.57DE $19.95

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.