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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Illinois 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?

$1,313

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,313 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$138$72.44 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$339 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $132 to $5,623Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $60 to $302
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $138

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
$131.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$302.00

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 33rd of 50

$1,313

$138 physician + $1,175 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.