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Bone Marrow Biopsy

North Dakota 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?

$321

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $321 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $158 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$162$126 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$158$70.79 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $71 to $2,042Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $71 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $158professional $162

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
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$371.54

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 48th of 50

$321

$162 physician + $158 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.