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Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor

Alabama rates for HCPCS 38230

Collects bone marrow from a healthy donor so it can be given to another person whose own marrow is failing or has been destroyed by treatment. With the donor under anesthesia, a needle is passed repeatedly into the back of the hip bone and marrow is drawn out. The donor keeps the rest of their marrow and replaces what was taken within a few weeks.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor cost?

$2,351

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$195 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,318 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,388Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $174 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $309

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
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 22.9 times more in South Carolina 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

Alabama· 33rd of 49

$2,351

$309 physician + $2,042 facility

SC $9,349WV $408

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.