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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Arkansas 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?

$1,649

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,649 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$331$129 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$832 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,089Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $110 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,318professional $331

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
$151.36
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$794.33
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 39th of 51

$1,649

$331 physician + $1,318 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.