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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Oregon 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?

$559

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $559 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$204$135 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$295 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $200 to $6,918Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $95 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $355professional $204

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
$151.36
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$446.68
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$489.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$11,220.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
11 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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$26.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$52.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$194.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$39.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$26.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 48th of 51

$559

$204 physician + $355 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.