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

Needle biopsy with MRI guidance, each additional lump

CPT 10012the billing code this page is about

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

Hospitals typically charge $699 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 637 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $729. Most fall between $305 and $1,265 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
637
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 637 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
$197$365$699$1,159$1,921

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($197 vs $1,921).

How the prices are spread

$120 – $163: 15 hospitals$120$163 – $220: 28 hospitals$220 – $297: 47 hospitals$220$297 – $402: 50 hospitals$402 – $543: 52 hospitals$402$543 – $734: 116 hospitals$734 – $992: 111 hospitals$734$992 – $1,342: 65 hospitals$1,342 – $1,813: 40 hospitals$1,342$1,813 – $2,451: 51 hospitals$1,813median $699price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (575 of 637 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$120$16315
$163$22028
$220$29747
$297$40250
$402$54352
$543$734116
$734$992111
$992$1,34265
$1,342$1,81340
$1,813$2,45151

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $699.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $518 across 14 hospitalsWA$518Idaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $714 across 14 hospitalsMN$714Illinois: median $874 across 33 hospitalsIL$874Wisconsin: median $801 across 24 hospitalsWI$801Michigan: median $1,223 across 15 hospitalsMI$1,223New York: median $816 across 22 hospitalsNY$816Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $917 across 21 hospitalsIN$917Ohio: median $705 across 46 hospitalsOH$705Pennsylvania: median $571 across 34 hospitalsPA$571New Jersey: median $2,775 across 25 hospitalsNJ$2,775Connecticut: median $757 across 10 hospitalsCT$757Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,222 across 62 hospitalsCA$1,222Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $591 across 11 hospitalsCO$591Nebraska: median $636 across 11 hospitalsNE$636Missouri: median $767 across 17 hospitalsMO$767Kentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $631 across 11 hospitalsVA$631Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $152 across 10 hospitalsTN$152North Carolina: median $326 across 18 hospitalsNC$326South Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $260 across 18 hospitalsOK$260Louisiana: median $305 across 18 hospitalsLA$305Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $612 across 23 hospitalsGA$612Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $494 across 41 hospitalsTX$494Florida: median $970 across 32 hospitalsFL$970
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $699. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ25$2,775+297%$298 – $5,339
Michigan MI15$1,223+75%$417 – $1,265
California CA62$1,222+75%$836 – $1,921
Florida FL32$970+39%$631 – $2,130
Indiana IN21$917+31%$534 – $1,161
Illinois IL33$874+25%$316 – $2,413
New York NY22$816+17%$533 – $1,223
Wisconsin WI24$801+15%$634 – $933
Missouri MO17$767+10%$610 – $1,642
Connecticut CT10$757+8%$670 – $846
Minnesota MN14$714+2%$401 – $889
Ohio OH46$705+1%$501 – $848
Nebraska NE11$636−9%$380 – $762
Virginia VA11$631−10%$608 – $633
Georgia GA23$612−12%$332 – $786
Colorado CO11$591−16%$280 – $591
Pennsylvania PA34$571−18%$296 – $802
Washington WA14$518−26%$283 – $1,062
Texas TX41$494−29%$192 – $2,172
North Carolina NC18$326−53%$217 – $1,039
Louisiana LA18$305−56%$179 – $1,103
Oklahoma OK18$260−63%$231 – $855
Tennessee TN10$152−78%$109 – $203
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $699.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care545$705$315 – $1,347
Children’s23$794$481 – $1,474
Critical access67$631$280 – $980
Ownership
For-profit46$656$304 – $1,057
Government78$494$221 – $1,062
Non-profit511$725$329 – $1,402
System affiliation
Part of a system544$705$326 – $1,285
Independent93$619$248 – $1,161

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,185
Median cash price$699
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

490 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $699 and the average of the middle 60% is $722; most fall between $323 and $1,222.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 490 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
$220$373$699$1,049$1,921

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($220 vs $1,921).

Of the 537 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 490 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 27 a list price only.

How complete is this

637 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 732 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted637
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded68
Hospitals that filed this code732

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 September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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/MR 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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Needle biopsy with MRI guidance, each additional lump (CPT 10012) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-10012-needle-biopsy-with-mri-guidance-each-additional-lump