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Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor

Connecticut 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 October 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor cost?

$4,046

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,046 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$331$282 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,820 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,913Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $200 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $331

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 51

$4,046

$331 physician + $3,715 facility

CO $4,681MT $618

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.