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Additional On-Site Needle Biopsy Check

Louisiana 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$33.11$18.20 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$0.03 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $0 to $24Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $14 to $47
$0.1$1$10facility $13professional $33

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
$7.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.77
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 48th of 51

$19.05

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.