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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Oklahoma 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?

$2,806

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,806 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$407$158 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$708 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,786Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $407

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
$154.88
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$758.58
6 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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$40.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 7th of 51

$2,806

$407 physician + $2,399 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.