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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Alabama 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?

$1,760

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,760 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$87.10 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$933 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,630Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $66 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $138

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
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 27th of 50

$1,760

$138 physician + $1,622 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.