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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 July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$2,183

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$141$75.86 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,023 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $166 to $5,754Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $65 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $141

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
$154.88
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 34th of 51

$2,183

$141 physician + $2,042 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.