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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Nevada 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?

$1,843

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,843 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$145$75.86 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$363 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $63 to $5,248Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $63 to $380
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $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
$63.10
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$269.15
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 26th of 50

$1,843

$145 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.