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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Iowa 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?

$2,779

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,779 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$209$107 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$468 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $182 to $6,761Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $63 to $871
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $209

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
$245.47
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$398.11

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 50

$2,779

$209 physician + $2,570 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.