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Additional On-Site Needle Biopsy Check

Rhode Island 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.38 to $29.51.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $21 to $41
$20$50professional $23

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
$28.84
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.75

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 43rd of 51

$23.44

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.