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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Oklahoma 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?

$1,986

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,986 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$93.33 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,023 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,586Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $74 to $229
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $166

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
$501.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 36th of 51

$1,986

$166 physician + $1,820 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.