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Superficial Soft Tissue Biopsy Of Forearm Or Wrist

Iowa rates for HCPCS 25065

This service takes a tissue sample from a superficial soft tissue mass or abnormal area of the forearm or wrist, close to the skin surface rather than deep within the muscle. The sample is sent for laboratory examination to help diagnose the cause of the abnormality. It is a more limited procedure than a biopsy reaching deeper tissue layers.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Superficial Soft Tissue Biopsy Of Forearm Or Wrist cost?

$275

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $219 to $417.

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

Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $158 to $759
$200$500$1Kprofessional $275

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$275

AK $490KY $200

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.