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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Oklahoma 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?

$1,700

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,700 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$151$91.20 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,000 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $229 to $4,467Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $68 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $151

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
$151.36
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 28th of 50

$1,700

$151 physician + $1,549 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.