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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Utah 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?

$3,168

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,168 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$148$117 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$302 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $81 to $6,166Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $87 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $148

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
$81.28
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
6 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
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Utah 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

Utah· 4th of 51

$3,168

$148 physician + $3,020 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.