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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Minnesota 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?

$1,223

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,223 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$245$151 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$468 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $170 to $4,898Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $105 to $562
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $977professional $245

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
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$549.54

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 37th of 50

$1,223

$245 physician + $977 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.