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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Missouri 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?

$1,641

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$162$87.10 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$603 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $151 to $3,890Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $76 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $162

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
$79.43
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
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
$33.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 30th of 51

$1,641

$162 physician + $1,479 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.