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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 October 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor cost?

$1,512

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,512 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$282$219 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$832 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,898Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $204 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $282

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
$575.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$588.84
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
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$1,512

$282 physician + $1,230 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.