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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Rhode Island 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?

$1,780

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,780 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$100 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$832 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,012Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $95 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $158

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
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
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.89

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 27th of 51

$1,780

$158 physician + $1,622 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.