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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Connecticut 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?

$5,178

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,178 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$166$93.33 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$4,169 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $10,471Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $63 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $166

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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 50

$5,178

$166 physician + $5,012 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.