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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Colorado 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?

$4,726

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,726 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$155$66.07 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,630 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $158 to $8,913Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $62 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $155

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
$117.49
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$316.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$575.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$371.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 4th of 50

$4,726

$155 physician + $4,571 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.