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Freezing Treatment Of A Bone Tumor

Virginia rates for HCPCS 20983

Destroys a tumor in bone by freezing it. Needle-like probes are passed through the skin into the tumor under imaging guidance and cooled until an ice ball forms and kills the abnormal tissue, including nearby soft tissue the tumor has grown into. It is often used to control pain from cancer that has spread to bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing Treatment Of A Bone Tumor cost?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $513 to $7,413.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $398 to $12,023Professionalmedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $4,786 to $13,490
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $6,310

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,120.11
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$27,542.29

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 15.8 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.

Virginia· 41st of 50

$3,802

IN $22,387WV $1,413

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.