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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Massachusetts 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?

$1,155

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,155 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$155$83.18 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$102 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $79 to $3,715Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $68 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $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
$144.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$380.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,466.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$436.52
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,466.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$457.09

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 39th of 50

$1,155

$155 physician + $1,000 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.