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Bone Marrow Biopsy

Utah 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?

$3,551

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,551 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$162$89.13 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,239 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $162 to $9,772Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $69 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $162

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
$162.18
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$316.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$281.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40

Where Utah 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

Utah· 14th of 50

$3,551

$162 physician + $3,388 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.