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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Indiana 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?

$5,765

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,765 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$141$66.07 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$1,380 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $174 to $10,471Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $62 to $275
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $141

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
$74.13
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$5,765

$141 physician + $5,623 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.