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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 October 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$1,879

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,879 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$141$95.50 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,000 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,042Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $78 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 9.7 times more in Colorado 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· 22nd of 51

$1,879

$141 physician + $1,738 facility

CO $4,351MT $447

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.