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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Missouri 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?

$1,923

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,923 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$145$83.18 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,072 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $151 to $5,623Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $66 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$138.04
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 24th of 50

$1,923

$145 physician + $1,778 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.