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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 July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$2,674

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,674 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$275$102 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$550 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $191 to $6,918Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $71 to $871
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $275

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
$162.18
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 26th of 51

$2,674

$275 physician + $2,399 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.