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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Utah 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?

$3,171

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,171 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$151$89.13 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$603 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $151 to $7,244Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $60 to $617
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $151

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
$151.36
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$269.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$281.84

Where Utah 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

Utah· 15th of 50

$3,171

$151 physician + $3,020 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.