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Cell Culture From Marrow Or Blood For Cancer

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 88237

Cells taken from bone marrow or from a blood sample are grown in the laboratory until enough are dividing to be examined. The cultured cells are the starting material for chromosome studies used in diagnosing and following blood and marrow cancers.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cell Culture From Marrow Or Blood For Cancer cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $479 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$117 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$257 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,380Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $89 to $269
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $479professional $135

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
$107.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$229.09

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

New Mexico· 22nd of 51

$191

AK $427AL $75.86

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.