How much does a biopsy cost?

The cost of kidney biopsy varies according to the patient’s examination program, and there is also a difference in cost for patients to have biopsy in different hospitals. Generally speaking, to do kidney biopsy through local anesthesia plus renal puncture needle for taking biopsy and tissues, the approximate cost is around 1000 RMB, which is the cost of extraction. In addition to the cost of sampling, after the tissue is removed from the kidney biopsy, a variety of tests have to be done, including light microscopy, electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and special staining. If the patient’s condition is not very complicated and no special means are needed to diagnose the patient’s condition, the cost of examination is not very expensive, about 1,000 yuan, so the overall cost of kidney biopsy is basically about 2,000 yuan. The cost of kidney biopsy does not include the cost of hospitalization. The specific cost of kidney biopsy should be determined according to different hospitals, different patients, different conditions, because different hospitals, different doctors, different examination methods, the cost is not the same.