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Surgical Biopsy Of A Deep Bone

Utah 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?

$4,762

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,762 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$295$251 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,514 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,943Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $224 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $295

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
$891.25
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
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
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where Utah 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

Utah· 5th of 51

$4,762

$295 physician + $4,467 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.