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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Illinois 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?

$2,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$145$79.43 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$813 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $170 to $7,413Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $71 to $331
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $145

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
$169.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$616.60
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 35th of 51

$2,050

$145 physician + $1,905 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.