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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Kansas 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?

$2,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$145$89.13 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,349 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $174 to $7,413Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $63 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $145

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
$173.78
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 23rd of 50

$2,050

$145 physician + $1,905 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.