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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Louisiana 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?

$1,818

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,818 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$158$102 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,122 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,890Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $79 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $158

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
$114.82
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84
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
$40.74
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.38

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$1,818

$158 physician + $1,660 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.