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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

South Carolina 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?

$1,687

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$74.13 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$269 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $98 to $9,772Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $60 to $324
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,549professional $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
$173.78
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 29th of 50

$1,687

$138 physician + $1,549 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.