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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 October 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$1,949

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,949 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$129$100 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$832 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $240 to $7,079Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $68 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $129

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
$151.36
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$426.58
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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.22

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$1,949

$129 physician + $1,820 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.