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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Tennessee 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?

$1,829

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,829 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$170$97.72 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,047 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,266Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $76 to $617
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $170

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
$138.04
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81
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
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.88

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$1,829

$170 physician + $1,660 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.