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Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor

Louisiana 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?

$2,899

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,899 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$269$214 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,148 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,457Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $178 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $269

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
$851.14
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 29th of 49

$2,899

$269 physician + $2,630 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.