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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Georgia 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?

$3,314

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,314 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$151$91.20 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,549 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,413Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $66 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $151

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
$162.18
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 14th of 50

$3,314

$151 physician + $3,162 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.