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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Michigan 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?

$2,177

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,177 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$135$81.28 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$200 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $89 to $4,898Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $68 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $135

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
$87.10
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 22nd of 50

$2,177

$135 physician + $2,042 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.