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Deep Muscle Biopsy

Texas 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 July 2026.

How much does Deep Muscle Biopsy cost?

$2,818

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $4,571.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $263 to $9,120
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,818

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 29.5 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Texas· 24th of 51

$2,818

IN $8,710ND $295

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.