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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

South Carolina 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?

$1,339

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,339 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$339$178 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$759 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $589 to $6,918Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $129 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $339

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
$147.91
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$912.01
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
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$1,339

$339 physician + $1,000 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.