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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Nebraska 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?

$3,562

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,562 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$174$120 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,622 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $13,490Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $66 to $417
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $174

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
$1,318.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 50

$3,562

$174 physician + $3,388 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.