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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Ohio 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?

$2,387

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,387 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$148$69.18 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$794 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $148 to $9,120Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $59 to $457
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $148

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
$125.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$2,511.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 21st of 50

$2,387

$148 physician + $2,239 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.