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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 July 2026.

How much does Deep Bone Needle Biopsy cost?

$1,969

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,969 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$347$158 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$794 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,715Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $117 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $347

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$588.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$851.14

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 12.4 times more in California than in Maryland. 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· 35th of 51

$1,969

$347 physician + $1,622 facility

CA $5,995MD $482

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.