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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Kansas 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?

$2,865

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,865 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$174$117 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,096 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,548Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $81 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $174

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
$302.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
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
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.20

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 8th of 51

$2,865

$174 physician + $2,692 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.