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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 October 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$2,554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$155$81.28 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,318 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $204 to $7,244Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $63 to $347
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $155

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
$77.62
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,748.98
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$416.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,964.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$331.13
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
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 11th of 51

$2,554

$155 physician + $2,399 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.