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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Arizona 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?

$2,988

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,988 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$170$87.10 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,585 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,888Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $69 to $794
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $170

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
$676.08
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 17th of 51

$2,988

$170 physician + $2,818 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.