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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

South 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?

$448

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $448 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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$166$129 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$158 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $81 to $4,365Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $63 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $282professional $166

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$436.52
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$380.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$331.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$436.52
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$407.38

Where South 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

South Dakota· 46th of 50

$448

$166 physician + $282 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.