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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Missouri 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?

$1,916

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,916 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$70.79 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,047 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $224 to $5,248Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $62 to $309
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$138.04
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 25th of 50

$1,916

$138 physician + $1,778 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.