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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures on skin and subcutaneous tissue

Needle biopsy with CT guidance, each additional lump

CPT 10010the billing code this page is about

Billed once for each additional lump sampled with a thin needle under CT guidance during the same visit, in addition to the code for the first lump.

Hospitals typically charge $757 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,453 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $793. Most fall between $329 and $1,565 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,453
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,453 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$186$390$757$1,315$2,139

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($186 vs $2,139).

How the prices are spread

$115 – $156: 50 hospitals$115$156 – $213: 55 hospitals$213 – $290: 82 hospitals$213$290 – $394: 108 hospitals$394 – $537: 122 hospitals$394$537 – $731: 231 hospitals$731 – $995: 238 hospitals$731$995 – $1,355: 156 hospitals$1,355 – $1,845: 118 hospitals$1,355$1,845 – $2,512: 152 hospitals$1,845median $757price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,312 of 1,453 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$115$15650
$156$21355
$213$29082
$290$394108
$394$537122
$537$731231
$731$995238
$995$1,355156
$1,355$1,845118
$1,845$2,512152

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $757.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $547 across 34 hospitalsWA$547Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $693 across 27 hospitalsMN$693Illinois: median $906 across 68 hospitalsIL$906Wisconsin: median $1,315 across 65 hospitalsWI$1,315Michigan: median $546 across 47 hospitalsMI$546New York: median $634 across 46 hospitalsNY$634Massachusetts: median $411 across 19 hospitalsMA$411Oregon: median $504 across 32 hospitalsOR$504Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $613 across 29 hospitalsIA$613Indiana: median $729 across 47 hospitalsIN$729Ohio: median $848 across 105 hospitalsOH$848Pennsylvania: median $655 across 70 hospitalsPA$655New Jersey: median $1,885 across 37 hospitalsNJ$1,885Connecticut: median $794 across 11 hospitalsCT$794Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,222 across 125 hospitalsCA$1,222Utah: median $783 across 26 hospitalsUT$783Colorado: median $591 across 41 hospitalsCO$591Nebraska: median $636 across 17 hospitalsNE$636Missouri: median $528 across 27 hospitalsMO$528Kentucky: median $550 across 14 hospitalsKY$550West Virginia: median $647 across 12 hospitalsWV$647Virginia: median $638 across 31 hospitalsVA$638Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $762 across 28 hospitalsAZ$762New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $796 across 18 hospitalsKS$796Arkansas: median $248 across 10 hospitalsAR$248Tennessee: median $390 across 25 hospitalsTN$390North Carolina: median $973 across 42 hospitalsNC$973South Carolina: median $2,410 across 30 hospitalsSC$2,410Oklahoma: median $422 across 24 hospitalsOK$422Louisiana: median $553 across 24 hospitalsLA$553Mississippi: median $244 across 15 hospitalsMS$244Alabama: median $670 across 12 hospitalsAL$670Georgia: median $786 across 48 hospitalsGA$786Hawaii: median $336 across 13 hospitalsHI$336Texas: median $579 across 99 hospitalsTX$579Florida: median $970 across 58 hospitalsFL$970
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $757. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC30$2,410+218%$621 – $2,512
New Jersey NJ37$1,885+149%$298 – $5,110
Wisconsin WI65$1,315+74%$544 – $2,309
California CA125$1,222+61%$594 – $2,194
North Carolina NC42$973+29%$308 – $2,043
Florida FL58$970+28%$566 – $1,556
Illinois IL68$906+20%$413 – $2,435
Ohio OH105$848+12%$573 – $1,471
Kansas KS18$796+5%$259 – $1,288
Connecticut CT11$794+5%$701 – $846
Georgia GA48$786+4%$403 – $1,825
Utah UT26$783+3%$783 – $921
Arizona AZ28$762+1%$617 – $4,600
Indiana IN47$729−4%$119 – $1,464
Minnesota MN27$693−8%$484 – $958
Alabama AL12$670−11%$486 – $1,102
Pennsylvania PA70$655−13%$205 – $980
West Virginia WV12$647−15%$161 – $1,027
Virginia VA31$638−16%$597 – $963
Nebraska NE17$636−16%$319 – $806
New York NY46$634−16%$80 – $1,223
Iowa IA29$613−19%$219 – $1,293
Colorado CO41$591−22%$391 – $836
Texas TX99$579−23%$227 – $1,107
Louisiana LA24$553−27%$220 – $1,150
Kentucky KY14$550−27%$74 – $1,210
Washington WA34$547−28%$470 – $1,727
Michigan MI47$546−28%$123 – $1,317
Missouri MO27$528−30%$118 – $906
Oregon OR32$504−33%$216 – $1,231
Oklahoma OK24$422−44%$300 – $632
Massachusetts MA19$411−46%$160 – $872
Tennessee TN25$390−48%$195 – $955
Hawaii HI13$336−56%$269 – $865
Arkansas AR10$248−67%$225 – $782
Mississippi MS15$244−68%$203 – $494
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $757.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,250$762$335 – $1,640
Children’s30$782$461 – $1,069
Critical access165$675$235 – $1,379
Ownership
For-profit109$786$355 – $1,445
Government187$668$263 – $1,437
Non-profit1,149$762$332 – $1,624
System affiliation
Part of a system1,261$783$343 – $1,662
Independent192$593$261 – $1,226

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,261
Median cash price$757
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,191 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $785 and the average of the middle 60% is $834; most fall between $365 and $1,624.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,191 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$210$424$785$1,340$2,139

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($210 vs $2,139).

Of the 1,278 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,191 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 54 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,453 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (37%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,612 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,453
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here52
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded106
Hospitals that filed this code1,612

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures on skin and subcutaneous tissue family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Fine Needle Aspiration Bx W/CT Gdn Ea Addl.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Needle biopsy with CT guidance, each additional lump (CPT 10010) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-10010-needle-biopsy-with-ct-guidance-each-additional-lump