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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Nevada 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?

$1,853

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$155$85.11 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$794 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,467Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $69 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $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
$158.49
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$1,949.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
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
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.85

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 24th of 51

$1,853

$155 physician + $1,698 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.