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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 October 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$1,288

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$166$87.10 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$550 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $174 to $6,026Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $72 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $166

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
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
$38.90
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$17.38

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 39th of 51

$1,288

$166 physician + $1,122 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.