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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Minnesota 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?

$1,526

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,526 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$263 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$490 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,311Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $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
$125.89
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,318.26
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 33rd of 51

$1,526

$479 physician + $1,047 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.