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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Nebraska 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?

$3,450

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,450 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$214$117 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,585 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $204 to $8,511Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $71 to $457
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $214

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
$346.74
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$426.58

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$3,450

$214 physician + $3,236 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.