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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Virginia 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?

$797

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $797 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$151$77.62 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$120 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $78 to $7,079Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $66 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $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
$97.72
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$3,311.31
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$302.00

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 40th of 50

$797

$151 physician + $646 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.