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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Kentucky 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?

$3,766

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,766 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$135$64.57 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,698 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $138 to $8,511Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $59 to $257
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $135

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
$64.57
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 9th of 50

$3,766

$135 physician + $3,631 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.