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Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor

Kentucky 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?

$5,241

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,241 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$195 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$794 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $195 to $10,715Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $174 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $229

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
$194.98
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 15th of 49

$5,241

$229 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.