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Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor

Iowa 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?

$2,215

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,215 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$437$347 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$724 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,495Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $245 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $437

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
$316.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 51

$2,215

$437 physician + $1,778 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.