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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Colorado 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?

$4,351

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$182$112 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,514 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,511Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $89 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $182

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
$102.33
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
5 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
$36.31
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,351

$182 physician + $4,169 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.