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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

North Dakota 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?

$853

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$251 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$132 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $129 to $3,020Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $427

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
$128.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$977.24

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 49th of 51

$853

$427 physician + $427 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.