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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Louisiana 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?

$1,734

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$288$166 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$813 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $550 to $2,884Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $138 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $288

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
$389.05
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$588.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$912.01
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
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$60.26

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$1,734

$288 physician + $1,445 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.