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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Delaware 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?

$4,941

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$155$74.13 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$4,786 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $7,244Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $68 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,786professional $155

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 2nd of 50

$4,941

$155 physician + $4,786 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.