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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Arizona 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?

$2,547

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$148$77.62 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,230 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,623Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $65 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $148

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
$851.14
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 20th of 50

$2,547

$148 physician + $2,399 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.