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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 July 2026.

How much does Deep Bone Needle Biopsy cost?

$3,247

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,247 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$129 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,698 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $363 to $6,607Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $107 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $363

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$851.14

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 23rd of 51

$3,247

$363 physician + $2,884 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.