Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC BONE MARROW BX NEEDLE/TROCAR
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $2.8k is 64% above the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 82% of the 2,255 hospitals reporting CPT 38221. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 5 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $718 | $718 | — | — | — | $718 – $718 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 4 | Medicaid medi-cal percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 5 | Aetna aetna whole health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.0k | $4.0k | — | — | — | $4.0k – $4.0k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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