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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Massachusetts 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?

$1,492

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,492 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$174$95.50 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$151 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $85 to $4,074Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $74 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $174

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
$537.03
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$457.09
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 43rd of 51

$1,492

$174 physician + $1,318 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.