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Ultrasound-guided biopsy in Hyderabad — from ₹7,000

The scan runs while the needle goes in, so it is watched onto the lump rather than aimed at it. The most widely available of the guided biopsies, and the least involved.

  • Day care — 20 to 30 minutes, no admission
  • Guides both a needle test and a core needle biopsy
  • Reported in 3 to 7 working days, depending on the test
  • Available at all 10 Hyderabad centres
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An ultrasound machine beside an examination couch in a CION consulting room in Hyderabad, where ultrasound-guided biopsies are done as day care

Get your biopsy cost before you book

Tell us where the lump is and where you live. We will give you the price on the call and hold a slot.

Nothing is charged for the first consultation, and you are not committing to the biopsy by asking.

20–30Minutes in the room
2Tests the same scan guides
10Centres across Hyderabad
17Oncologists on the panel

The cost

From ₹7,000, and what changes the price

This is a guide price, not a fixed one. 3 things change it, and you are told all 3 in writing before the biopsy rather than after it.

Ultrasound-guided biopsyThe scan that puts the needle exactly where it has to go, including the report and the oncologist going through it with you.from₹7,000
Two biopsy needles in a sterile tray - the fine needle that takes cells and the core needle that takes tissue
WHAT CHANGES IT · 1

Which test is taken

This is the big one. The scan costs the same either way, but taking tissue costs more than taking cells. That decision is clinical, not yours.

An ultrasound probe and a bottle of scanning gel, the equipment used to find a lump before a biopsy
WHAT CHANGES IT · 2

Where the lump is

A gland in the neck is a quicker job than something deep in the abdomen. Where it sits decides how long the scan and the needle take.

Slide racks and cassette trays on a pathology bench, where a biopsy sample is processed
WHAT CHANGES IT · 3

What the lab has to run

Standard processing covers most samples. Some need extra tests before anyone can be certain, and we tell you the cost of those rather than adding them quietly.

Want to know what yours will cost?Tell us where the lump is and we will put the price in writing before anything is booked.
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What the price covers

What is included, and what may be charged separately

The gap between a quote and a bill is almost always something in the second column. Both are said out loud before the biopsy rather than after it.

Included in the price above

  • The scan and the person doing it
  • Numbing medicine and the dressing where they are needed
  • Processing the sample and the written report
  • The oncologist going through that report with you

Charged separately if needed

  • Extra tests on the sample, if they are needed before the report can be final
  • A core needle biopsy, if a needle test cannot give a clear answer
  • A CT or PET-CT scan, if one is needed to see how far things have spread
  • Blood tests, if you take a blood thinner or bruise easily

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One scan, two tests

The guidance is the same. What the needle takes is not

This is the thing most people get wrong when they compare quotes. An ultrasound-guided biopsy is not one procedure with one price — it is a scan that steers 2 different tests.

A glass microscope slide, on which the cells taken by a needle test are spread and read
UNDER THE SAME SCAN

A needle test takes cells

Enough to say whether a lump is cancer, and often that is all that is needed. Quicker, and the cheaper of the two.

A specimen container and a tissue cassette rack, used when a core needle takes a piece of the lump
OR

A core needle takes tissue

A small piece of the lump itself, which can say what type it is and how it behaves. That is what a treatment plan is built from, and it costs more.

An oncologist's consulting room at a CION centre in Hyderabad, where the choice between a needle test and a core biopsy is made
AND

The oncologist decides which

Not the radiographer, and not you at the desk. It is decided from what the lump looks like on the scan and what question has to be answered.

Each test has its own rate card: FNAC test cost for cells, core needle biopsy cost for tissue. If you have a quote and cannot tell which it covers, call and ask.

By site

Where ultrasound is the right guide

It works wherever sound can get a clear view, which is most things you can reach from the surface. The preparation differs a little for each.

Body diagram with the neck and thyroid marked, the commonest site for an ultrasound-guided biopsy
Neck and thyroidThe commonest use. Close to the surface, quick to line up, and usually no numbing needed for a needle test.
Body diagram with the breast marked, a site very well suited to ultrasound guidance
BreastVery well suited to ultrasound. If tissue is taken, expect the longer end of the reporting time.
Body diagram with the liver and abdomen marked, reached under ultrasound guidance where the target is not hidden behind gas or bone
Liver and abdomenReachable by scan where the target is not hidden behind gas or bone. Your clotting is checked first.
Body diagram with the armpit nodes marked, a soft-tissue site biopsied under ultrasound guidance
Nodes and soft tissueLumps in the armpit, groin or under the skin. Small targets, and the scan keeps the needle on them.

Tell us the site when you call. It decides how long the scan takes, whether anything has to be checked beforehand, and therefore what the whole thing costs.

Watched all the way in

What the scan is doing while the needle moves

This is the part that separates ultrasound from every other kind of guidance, and it is worth 30 seconds of your time before you book.

An ultrasound screen showing the live picture the operator watches while the needle is going in
01

The needle is watched, not aimed

The scan runs the whole time it goes in. Nobody is working from a picture taken a minute ago.

The control panel of an ultrasound machine, used to correct the picture and the angle during the biopsy
02

It can be corrected halfway

If the angle is slightly off, it is seen and changed there and then rather than found out afterwards.

A labelled specimen container in a rack, the single sample a scan-guided biopsy aims to get on the first attempt
03

Right sample, first attempt

Most repeat biopsies happen because the sample came from slightly the wrong place. This is how that is avoided.

It is a live picture, not a series of snapshots. That is why the needle can be steered rather than placed and hoped for.

On the day

20 to 30 minutes, and no admission

Nothing here needs a scanner suite or a separate imaging appointment. The scan comes to the room you are already in.

An examination couch laid out with an ultrasound probe, gel and a towel before a scan-guided biopsy
FIRST

A gel and a probe find the lump

No needle yet. The scan locates the target and decides the angle, which takes a couple of minutes and is completely painless.

A procedure trolley with numbing medicine, a syringe and a dressing ready for a scan-guided biopsy
THE BIOPSY

Numbed where needed, then the sample

You feel pressure. For a needle test it is over in seconds. For tissue it takes longer, and the sample may be taken more than once.

A woman leaving a CION centre in Hyderabad the same day, after a day-care ultrasound-guided biopsy
AFTER

A dressing, then home

No stitches. A small dressing goes on, you rest briefly, and you leave. Keep the area dry until the next day.

Eat and drink normally beforehand and take your usual medicines. Tell us if you are on a blood thinner — that one needs planning a few days ahead, not on the morning.

Results

3 to 5 days for cells, 3 to 7 for tissue

Two different waits, because the scan guides 2 different tests. Which one applies to you is settled before the biopsy, so you will know which to expect.

A microscope and a tray of slides on a pathology bench, where a pathologist reads the biopsy sample
THE READING

A pathologist reads the sample

Not a machine and not the person who took it. The report then goes back to the oncologist who ordered it rather than to you to interpret.

Cells — 3 to 5 working daysA needle test. Says whether a lump is cancer, and often that is the whole answer.
Tissue — 3 to 7 working daysA core needle. Longer because the tissue is processed and sectioned, and it says which type it is and how it behaves.
Either — more tests neededExtra tests are run on the same sample before the report is final. Nothing has gone wrong and you are not biopsied again for it.

Where

Ultrasound-guided biopsies at all 10 Hyderabad centres

The most widely available of the guided biopsies, because the scanner is portable and sits in the room with you. Tap a centre name for its timings and directions.

Beyond the city, 31 more towns across 16 districts of Telangana and north Andhra Pradesh. Ask for the closest when you call.

Before you book

Questions people ask about a scan-guided biopsy

Everything that comes up on the phone once somebody has been told they need one.

How much does an ultrasound-guided biopsy cost in Hyderabad?

From ₹7,000, and that includes the scan, the numbing medicine where it is needed, the report and the oncologist going through it with you.

It is a starting price, not a fixed one. What changes it most is which test is taken under the scan, then the site and the lab work.

Is it an FNAC or a core needle biopsy?

Either. The scan is the same; what differs is what the needle takes out. A needle test takes cells and a core needle takes a small piece of the lump. The oncologist decides which your case needs.

Both are covered on their own pages: FNAC test cost and core needle biopsy cost.

Why not just do it without the scan?

Where a lump can be felt clearly, often we do. The scan is added when the lump is small, deep or close to something that should not be touched. Then it is the difference between a useful sample and a repeat.

Is it painful?

Numbing medicine is used where the site needs it, and what you feel is pressure rather than pain. The scan itself is only gel and a probe on the skin.

How long does it take?

Around 20 to 30 minutes in the room, and less than that for the biopsy itself. You go home the same day and you are not admitted.

How long do the results take?

It depends which test was taken. Cells take 3 to 5 working days. A piece of tissue takes 3 to 7, because it has to be processed and sectioned before anyone can read it.

If extra tests are needed on the sample before the report can be final, it takes longer. We would rather say so than rush an unclear answer.

Do I need to fast or stop any medicines?

Eat and drink normally unless you are told otherwise. Tell us if you take a blood thinner — that one needs planning a few days ahead, so say it when you book.

Can I have it at my nearest centre?

Ultrasound-guided biopsies run at all 10 CION centres across Hyderabad. It is the most widely available of the guided biopsies, because the scanner is portable.

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In Hyderabad: Cost & Procedures

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