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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

New Mexico 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?

$586

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $586 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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$129$72.44 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$129 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,188Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $60 to $347
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $457professional $129

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
$57.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$218.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 43rd of 50

$586

$129 physician + $457 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.