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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 October 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$2,048

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,048 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$186$102 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,148 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $490 to $4,074Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $89 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $186

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
$501.19
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.60

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 16th of 51

$2,048

$186 physician + $1,862 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.