Acts of Friendship. For Ashley, it was like this: She was sitting with a big group in the school lunchroom when she accidentally knocked her drink onto her lap. As word spread that it looked like Ashley had wet herself, the laughter began to mount. Then she noticed her best friend doing something strange.
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For patients not covered by health insurance, the cost of a liver biopsy ranges from $2,000 to $7,000 or more. For patients not covered by health insurance, the cost of a kidney biopsy ranges from $3,000 to $10,000. A biopsy would be considered medically necessary when ordered by a doctor and would almost always be covered by health insurance.