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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Arizona 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?

$1,460

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$363$138 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$661 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,012Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $363

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$758.58
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
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.11

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 35th of 51

$1,460

$363 physician + $1,096 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.