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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Iowa 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?

$3,273

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,273 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$191 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$617 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $269 to $6,166Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,000
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $389

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
$269.15
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,047.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$794.33

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 22nd of 51

$3,273

$389 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.