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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Maryland 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?

$1,244

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$148$85.11 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$562 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,698Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $74 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,096professional $148

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
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
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
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.62

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 40th of 51

$1,244

$148 physician + $1,096 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.