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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Alaska rates for HCPCS 38222

A needle is inserted into a bone, usually in the hip, to both withdraw a small liquid sample of bone marrow (aspiration) and remove a small core of solid marrow tissue (biopsy), typically done together in one procedure. The samples are examined in a lab to evaluate blood cell production and diagnose conditions affecting the bone marrow.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$1,202

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$331$166 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$209 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $85 to $6,607Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $81 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $331

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
$549.54
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$977.24

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.7 times more in Florida than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 45th of 51

$1,202

$331 physician + $871 facility

FL $5,899MT $464

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.