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Open Biopsy of a Chest-Area Spinal Bone

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 20250

This procedure surgically opens the skin and tissue to reach a vertebra, one of the bones of the spine, in the chest (thoracic) region, and removes a tissue sample directly from the bone. It is used to diagnose the cause of a suspicious spinal bone lesion, such as infection, cancer, or an unexplained fracture, when less invasive sampling has not given a clear answer. The incision is closed after the sample is taken.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Biopsy of a Chest-Area Spinal Bone cost?

$3,193

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,193 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$501$380 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,259 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,623Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $355 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $501

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Louisiana· 37th of 50

$3,193

$501 physician + $2,692 facility

IN $10,640WV $788

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.