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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Tennessee 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?

$1,964

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,964 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$145$83.18 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,122 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,548Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $63 to $309
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $145

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
$436.52
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 24th of 50

$1,964

$145 physician + $1,820 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.