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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 July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor cost?

$5,392

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,392 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$380$309 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,388 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $468 to $7,943Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $380

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
$602.56
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 49

$5,392

$380 physician + $5,012 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.