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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Indiana 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?

$2,457

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,457 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$269$135 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$794 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,128Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $115 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $269

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
$436.52
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,148.15
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$794.33
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
$60.26
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 9th of 51

$2,457

$269 physician + $2,188 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.