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Surgical Biopsy Of A Deep Bone

Alabama rates for HCPCS 20245

This procedure surgically opens tissue to reach and remove a sample from a deep bone, such as a long bone in the arm, leg, or pelvis, for laboratory examination. It requires a more involved surgical approach than sampling a bone closer to the skin surface, because of how far the bone sits beneath overlying muscle and tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Biopsy Of A Deep Bone cost?

$3,061

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,061 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$550$427 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,445 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,162Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $295 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$776.25
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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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

Alabama· 16th of 51

$3,061

$550 physician + $2,512 facility

OK $6,602MT $1,074

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.