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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Louisiana 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?

$1,433

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,433 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$145$89.13 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$537 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $195 to $3,715Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $71 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $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
$173.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$316.23

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 33rd of 50

$1,433

$145 physician + $1,288 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.