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Additional On-Site Needle Biopsy Check

Michigan 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$32.36$26.92 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$11.22 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $71Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $23 to $48
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $17professional $32

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
$10.96
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$44.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$562.34
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$18.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$39.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.47
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$11.48

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 21st of 51

$31.62

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.