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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 July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$1,658

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$145$95.50 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$741 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $195 to $5,012Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $76 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $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
$173.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 40th of 51

$1,658

$145 physician + $1,514 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.