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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Maryland 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?

$155

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $234.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $32 to $5,129Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $63 to $427
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $148professional $155

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
$31.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Rhode Island. 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.

Maryland· 39th of 51

$155

OK $759RI $138

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.