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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Delaware 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?

$3,332

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,332 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$83.18 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$162 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $65 to $7,762Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $72 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $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
$64.57
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 14th of 51

$3,332

$170 physician + $3,162 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.