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Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor

Maryland 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?

$288

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $204 to $617.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,479Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $186 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $209

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
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
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$288

AK $1,072UT $209

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.