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Additional On-Site Needle Biopsy Check

Kansas 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 October 2026.

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

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$39.81$28.84 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$11.48 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $18Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $18 to $182
$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $40

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
$7.59
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$14.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.22

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Wyoming 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.

Kansas· 50th of 51

$16.98

WY $56.23NV $14.79

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.