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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Indiana 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?

$6,755

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,755 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$74.13 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$4,677 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $776 to $10,471Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $66 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $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
$151.36
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$6,755

$148 physician + $6,607 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.