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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 October 2026.

How much does Deep Bone Needle Biopsy cost?

$1,583

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$234$174 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$912 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,586Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $234

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
$257.04
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$60.26
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 30th of 51

$1,583

$234 physician + $1,349 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.