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Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration

Virginia 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?

$2,800

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,800 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$170$87.10 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$234 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $102 to $8,128Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $74 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $170

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
$134.90
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$309.03

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$2,800

$170 physician + $2,630 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.