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Surgical Biopsy Of A Deep Bone

Rhode Island 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?

$2,658

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$407 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,259 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $309 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $617

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
2 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
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$2,658

$617 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.