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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Minnesota 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?

$1,637

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,637 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$257$145 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$513 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $186 to $7,413Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $74 to $603
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $257

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
$77.62
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 41st of 51

$1,637

$257 physician + $1,380 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.