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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Oregon 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?

$479

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$107 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$204 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $126 to $5,012Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $66 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $309professional $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
$169.82
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$407.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 45th of 50

$479

$170 physician + $309 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.