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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

Vermont 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?

$166

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $186.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $74 to $240
$100$200$500professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$389.05

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Rhode Island. 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.

Vermont· 23rd of 51

$166

OK $759RI $138

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.