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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Maryland 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?

$898

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $898 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$174$126 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$525 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,380Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $117 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $174

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
$169.82
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$933.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
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
$74.13
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$41.69

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 51

$898

$174 physician + $724 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.