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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Michigan 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?

$2,255

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,255 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$93.33 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$589 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $145 to $6,026Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $72 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $166

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
$144.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$2,255

$166 physician + $2,089 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.