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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 July 2026.

How much does Deep Bone Needle Biopsy cost?

$3,359

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,359 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$339$129 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$372 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $117 to $9,772Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $117 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $339

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
$117.49
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$933.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$954.99

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 21st of 51

$3,359

$339 physician + $3,020 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.