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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

Tennessee 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 July 2026.

How much does Deep Bone Needle Biopsy cost?

$2,297

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,297 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$347$148 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$871 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $331 to $4,169Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $117 to $955
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $347

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$891.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$891.25

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 12.4 times more in California than in Maryland. 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

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$2,297

$347 physician + $1,950 facility

CA $5,995MD $482

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.