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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Kansas 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?

$1,370

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,370 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$219 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$851 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,715Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $891professional $479

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
$660.69
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$891.25
6 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
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 38th of 51

$1,370

$479 physician + $891 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.