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Bone Marrow Biopsy

South Carolina 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?

$1,597

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,597 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$151$81.28 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$257 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $110 to $9,772Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $69 to $309
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,445professional $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
$181.97
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$302.00

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 30th of 50

$1,597

$151 physician + $1,445 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.