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Surgical Biopsy Of A Deep Bone

Colorado 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?

$6,563

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,563 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$537$417 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$2,399 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $12,589Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $339 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $537

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
$501.19
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$34.67

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$6,563

$537 physician + $6,026 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.