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Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor

Massachusetts 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?

$1,260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$251 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$302 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,802Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $389

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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$933.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$691.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,122.02
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$93.33

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 39th of 51

$1,260

$389 physician + $871 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.