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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

North Dakota 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?

$336

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $336 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $166 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$170$132 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$166$69.18 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $69 to $2,042Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $69 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $166professional $170

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
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$389.05

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 48th of 50

$336

$170 physician + $166 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.