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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Alabama 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 July 2026.

How much does Deep Bone Needle Biopsy cost?

$2,178

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,178 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$132 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$776 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,631Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $98 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $316

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
$208.93
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$912.01

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 12.4 times more in California than in Maryland. 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

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$2,178

$316 physician + $1,862 facility

CA $5,995MD $482

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.