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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Delaware 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?

$1,085

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,085 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$117 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$550 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,399Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $112 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$794.33
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,549.93
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$794.33
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
$70.79
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$40.74

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 46th of 51

$1,085

$309 physician + $776 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.