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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Mississippi 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?

$1,447

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,447 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$158$102 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$646 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,548Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $76 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $158

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
$138.04
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$346.74
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
$30.90
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$33.88

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 34th of 51

$1,447

$158 physician + $1,288 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.