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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Colorado 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?

$4,733

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,733 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$162$77.62 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,089 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $162 to $8,511Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $68 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $162

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
$114.82
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$363.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 50

$4,733

$162 physician + $4,571 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.