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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Montana 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?

$401

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $401 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $263 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$138$63.10 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$263$115 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $102 to $4,677Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $58 to $347
$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $263professional $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
$0.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$269.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$401

$138 physician + $263 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.