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Open Biopsy of a Chest-Area Spinal Bone

Mississippi 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?

$2,042

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$457$347 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$832 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,754Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $309 to $851
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $457

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
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 41st of 50

$2,042

$457 physician + $1,585 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.