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Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor

North Carolina 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?

$1,966

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,966 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$417$324 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$832 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,802Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $224 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $417

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
$199.53
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
11 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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 22nd of 51

$1,966

$417 physician + $1,549 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.