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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Colorado 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?

$4,353

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,353 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$174 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,318 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $646 to $8,511Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $135 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $372

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
$169.82
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$776.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$954.99
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
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,353

$372 physician + $3,981 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.