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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures of urinary tract

Needle biopsy of the kidney through the skin

CPT 50200the billing code this page is about

A needle is passed through the skin into the kidney to take a small tissue sample for testing.

Hospitals typically charge $1,788 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,169 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,880. Most fall between $975 and $3,230 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,169
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 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 2,169 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
$600$1,150$1,788$2,812$4,595

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($600 vs $4,595).

How the prices are spread

$434 – $561: 76 hospitals$434$561 – $726: 114 hospitals$726 – $939: 117 hospitals$726$939 – $1,214: 168 hospitals$1,214 – $1,570: 345 hospitals$1,214$1,570 – $2,030: 299 hospitals$2,030 – $2,625: 337 hospitals$2,030$2,625 – $3,395: 194 hospitals$3,395 – $4,391: 165 hospitals$3,395$4,391 – $5,678: 143 hospitals$4,391median $1,788price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,958 of 2,169 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$434$56176
$561$726114
$726$939117
$939$1,214168
$1,214$1,570345
$1,570$2,030299
$2,030$2,625337
$2,625$3,395194
$3,395$4,391165
$4,391$5,678143

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,788
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.06×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,788.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,629 across 13 hospitalsME$1,629Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $975 across 12 hospitalsNH$975Washington: median $2,262 across 43 hospitalsWA$2,262Idaho: median $2,157 across 16 hospitalsID$2,157Montana: median $848 across 18 hospitalsMT$848North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,558 across 53 hospitalsMN$1,558Illinois: median $1,643 across 88 hospitalsIL$1,643Wisconsin: median $1,331 across 78 hospitalsWI$1,331Michigan: median $1,448 across 70 hospitalsMI$1,448New York: median $2,062 across 92 hospitalsNY$2,062Massachusetts: median $1,924 across 39 hospitalsMA$1,924Oregon: median $1,788 across 34 hospitalsOR$1,788Nevada: median $1,680 across 12 hospitalsNV$1,680Wyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $2,218 across 10 hospitalsSD$2,218Iowa: median $1,534 across 31 hospitalsIA$1,534Indiana: median $1,710 across 68 hospitalsIN$1,710Ohio: median $2,402 across 122 hospitalsOH$2,402Pennsylvania: median $2,145 across 103 hospitalsPA$2,145New Jersey: median $2,162 across 58 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: median $2,376 across 18 hospitalsCT$2,376Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,341 across 166 hospitalsCA$2,341Utah: median $1,444 across 27 hospitalsUT$1,444Colorado: median $1,420 across 45 hospitalsCO$1,420Nebraska: median $1,392 across 31 hospitalsNE$1,392Missouri: median $1,775 across 51 hospitalsMO$1,775Kentucky: median $1,410 across 24 hospitalsKY$1,410West Virginia: median $2,161 across 17 hospitalsWV$2,161Virginia: median $1,389 across 48 hospitalsVA$1,389Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,672 across 35 hospitalsAZ$1,672New Mexico: median $2,071 across 14 hospitalsNM$2,071Kansas: median $1,623 across 29 hospitalsKS$1,623Arkansas: median $1,125 across 17 hospitalsAR$1,125Tennessee: median $557 across 46 hospitalsTN$557North Carolina: median $1,093 across 63 hospitalsNC$1,093South Carolina: median $2,410 across 40 hospitalsSC$2,410Oklahoma: median $1,167 across 41 hospitalsOK$1,167Louisiana: median $845 across 38 hospitalsLA$845Mississippi: median $906 across 38 hospitalsMS$906Alabama: median $1,851 across 34 hospitalsAL$1,851Georgia: median $2,466 across 71 hospitalsGA$2,466Hawaii: median $2,061 across 13 hospitalsHI$2,061Texas: median $2,176 across 155 hospitalsTX$2,176Florida: median $2,290 across 97 hospitalsFL$2,290
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,788. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA71$2,466+38%$1,886 – $4,299
South Carolina SC40$2,410+35%$1,906 – $2,579
Ohio OH122$2,402+34%$1,561 – $4,176
Connecticut CT18$2,376+33%$1,874 – $5,717
California CA166$2,341+31%$1,336 – $4,170
Florida FL97$2,290+28%$1,340 – $4,913
Washington WA43$2,262+27%$1,129 – $3,955
South Dakota SD10$2,218+24%$2,218 – $2,830
Texas TX155$2,176+22%$1,242 – $4,262
New Jersey NJ58$2,162+21%$1,793 – $4,627
West Virginia WV17$2,161+21%$821 – $2,844
Idaho ID16$2,157+21%$1,604 – $4,347
Pennsylvania PA103$2,145+20%$1,359 – $4,132
New Mexico NM14$2,071+16%$1,188 – $3,031
New York NY92$2,062+15%$1,348 – $3,935
Hawaii HI13$2,061+15%$923 – $2,814
Massachusetts MA39$1,924+8%$957 – $3,352
Alabama AL34$1,851+4%$976 – $4,869
Oregon OR34$1,7880%$370 – $4,501
Missouri MO51$1,775−1%$1,048 – $2,437
Indiana IN68$1,710−4%$926 – $2,457
Nevada NV12$1,680−6%$1,158 – $2,001
Arizona AZ35$1,672−6%$712 – $3,155
Illinois IL88$1,643−8%$790 – $3,254
Maine ME13$1,629−9%$1,103 – $2,242
Kansas KS29$1,623−9%$805 – $3,562
Minnesota MN53$1,558−13%$683 – $2,053
Iowa IA31$1,534−14%$896 – $2,123
Michigan MI70$1,448−19%$744 – $2,547
Utah UT27$1,444−19%$1,227 – $1,444
Colorado CO45$1,420−21%$1,020 – $2,348
Kentucky KY24$1,410−21%$565 – $3,460
Nebraska NE31$1,392−22%$1,029 – $1,825
Virginia VA48$1,389−22%$803 – $1,872
Wisconsin WI78$1,331−26%$1,150 – $2,028
Oklahoma OK41$1,167−35%$1,061 – $1,931
Arkansas AR17$1,125−37%$617 – $2,022
North Carolina NC63$1,093−39%$745 – $1,551
New Hampshire NH12$975−45%$150 – $2,616
Mississippi MS38$906−49%$618 – $1,225
Montana MT18$848−53%$413 – $1,648
Louisiana LA38$845−53%$667 – $1,738
Tennessee TN46$557−69%$464 – $1,380
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not 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 $1,788.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,835$1,843$1,041 – $3,282
Children’s48$2,291$722 – $4,611
Critical access278$1,434$744 – $2,681
Ownership
For-profit229$2,109$1,036 – $4,287
Government298$1,530$745 – $2,989
Non-profit1,634$1,814$1,046 – $3,168
System affiliation
Part of a system1,817$1,827$1,041 – $3,268
Independent352$1,626$750 – $3,155

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,132
Median cash price$1,788
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

1,640 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,842 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,906; most fall between $1,016 and $3,281.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,640 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
$618$1,150$1,842$2,843$4,454

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($618 vs $4,454).

Of the 1,754 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,640 gave a usable cash price; 39 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 74 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,169 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (55%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,336 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,169
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here77
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded86
Hospitals that filed this code2,336

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Renal Biopsy Prq Trocar/Needle.

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 of the kidney through the skin (CPT 50200) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50200-needle-biopsy-of-the-kidney-through-the-skin