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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Arizona 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?

$2,599

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$145$66.07 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,349 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $251 to $5,623Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $60 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $145

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 20th of 50

$2,599

$145 physician + $2,455 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.