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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Nebraska 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?

$3,822

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,822 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$204 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$741 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $257 to $12,589Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $120 to $955
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $355

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
$269.15
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 16th of 51

$3,822

$355 physician + $3,467 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.