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Deep Muscle Biopsy

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 20205

Through an incision, a sample of muscle is taken from beneath the covering layer, deeper than a surface sample, and sent to a laboratory. The tissue is examined for muscle disease, inflammation, infection or damage to the nerves supplying the muscle. It is usually done with numbing medicine, sometimes with sedation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Deep Muscle Biopsy cost?

$2,073

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,073 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$204 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$912 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,079Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $155 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $295

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Carolina· 20th of 51

$2,073

$295 physician + $1,778 facility

CO $5,550MT $667

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.