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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 October 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$1,944

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,944 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$166$97.72 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$759 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,169Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $74 to $316
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $166

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
$85.11
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
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
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 20th of 51

$1,944

$166 physician + $1,778 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.