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Surgical Biopsy Of A Deep Bone

Arizona 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?

$2,520

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,520 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$479$324 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,023 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,888Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,042professional $479

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
$977.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 24th of 51

$2,520

$479 physician + $2,042 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.