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Bone Marrow Collection From A Donor

South 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?

$3,906

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,906 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$200 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,445 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $724 to $12,589Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $166 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $275

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
$229.09
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
10 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
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88

Where South 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

South Carolina· 3rd of 51

$3,906

$275 physician + $3,631 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.