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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Alaska rates for HCPCS 20225

This procedure collects a small sample of bone tissue from a deeper location in the body, such as a vertebra or the thigh bone, using a needle passed through the skin. The sample is sent to a lab to help diagnose conditions such as infection, tumor, or unexplained bone changes.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Deep Bone Needle Biopsy cost?

$2,611

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,611 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$513 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,585 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,607Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,778
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $661

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,905.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
5 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
$63.10
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$177.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Colorado 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 8th of 51

$2,611

$661 physician + $1,950 facility

CO $4,353ND $853

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.