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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Kansas 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?

$2,899

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,899 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$145$79.43 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,380 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $182 to $7,413Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $66 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $145

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
$218.78
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 16th of 50

$2,899

$145 physician + $2,754 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.