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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Alaska rates for HCPCS 38221

This procedure obtains a small core sample of solid bone marrow tissue, usually from the back of the hip bone, using a specialized needle. The sample is examined under a microscope to help diagnose blood disorders, certain cancers, or infections affecting the marrow. It is often done alongside a separate marrow fluid sampling in the same visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy cost?

$752

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $752 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$155 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$170 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $78 to $10,000Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $78 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $380professional $372

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
$457.09
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$891.25

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 22.3 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

Alaska· 43rd of 50

$752

$372 physician + $380 facility

IN $6,755WV $303

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.