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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

New Jersey 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?

$5,418

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$170$77.62 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,548 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $240 to $8,511Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $71 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $170

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
$204.17
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$478.63
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,135.61
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 2nd of 51

$5,418

$170 physician + $5,248 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.