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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Alabama 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?

$1,811

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,811 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$93.33 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$724 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $158 to $3,467Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $72 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $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
$117.49
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 37th of 51

$1,811

$151 physician + $1,660 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.