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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Florida 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?

$3,844

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,844 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$129$70.79 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,514 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,715Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $63 to $339
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $129

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
$562.34
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82

Where Florida 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

Florida· 11th of 50

$3,844

$129 physician + $3,715 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.