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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Georgia 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?

$1,210

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,210 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$339$178 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$646 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,571Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $129 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $339

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
$131.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,412.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$66.07
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 44th of 51

$1,210

$339 physician + $871 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.