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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Illinois 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?

$1,606

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,606 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$257$151 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$813 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,631Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $123 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $257

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
$154.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$549.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$812.83
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
$61.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 28th of 51

$1,606

$257 physician + $1,349 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.