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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Iowa 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?

$2,252

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,252 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$257$170 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$407 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $204 to $6,457Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $126 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $257

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
$151.36
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87
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
$35.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$27.54

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$2,252

$257 physician + $1,995 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.