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Bone Marrow Biopsy

New Hampshire 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?

$1,864

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,864 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$166$105 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$661 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $295 to $8,913Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $68 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $166

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
$295.12
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 25th of 50

$1,864

$166 physician + $1,698 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.