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Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor

Illinois 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?

$2,033

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,033 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$214 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,175 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $741 to $4,365Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $191 to $457
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $295

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
$630.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
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
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 21st of 51

$2,033

$295 physician + $1,738 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.