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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Oregon 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?

$502

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $316 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$117 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$316$200 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $132 to $5,248Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $78 to $417
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $316professional $186

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
$173.78
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 46th of 50

$502

$186 physician + $316 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.