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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 October 2026.

How much does Deep Bone Needle Biopsy cost?

$1,793

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,793 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$562$275 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$933 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,129Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $562

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
$257.04
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$891.25
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
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$57.54

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$1,793

$562 physician + $1,230 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.