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Deep Bone Needle Biopsy

West Virginia 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?

$1,722

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,722 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$148 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$661 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,888Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,318.26
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$36.31

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 23rd of 51

$1,722

$309 physician + $1,413 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.