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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Alaska rates for HCPCS 38220

This procedure withdraws a small liquid sample of bone marrow, usually from the hip bone, using a needle. The sample is examined to evaluate blood-forming cells for conditions such as anemia, infection, or certain blood cancers.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection cost?

$718

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $718 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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$347$151 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$151 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $74 to $3,388Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $66 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $372professional $347

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,000.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$954.99

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 20.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 42nd of 50

$718

$347 physician + $372 facility

IN $5,765WV $286

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.