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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

New Jersey 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?

$2,371

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,371 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$282$126 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,175 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $562 to $6,918Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $110 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $282

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
$114.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,165.95
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
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
$57.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 10th of 51

$2,371

$282 physician + $2,089 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.