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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

South Dakota 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?

$1,308

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$550$251 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$550 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,318Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $550

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
$131.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$933.25
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
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 41st of 51

$1,308

$550 physician + $759 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.