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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Georgia 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?

$3,245

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$155$100 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,549 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $407 to $7,079Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $68 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 15th of 50

$3,245

$155 physician + $3,090 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.