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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 July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration cost?

$1,736

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,736 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$151$87.10 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$708 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,495Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $69 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $151

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
$162.18
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 39th of 51

$1,736

$151 physician + $1,585 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.