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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 July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$1,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$81.28 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$708 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $138 to $6,026Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $71 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $158

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
$138.04
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 46th of 51

$1,050

$158 physician + $891 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.