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Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 38220

This procedure withdraws a small liquid sample of bone marrow, usually from the hip bone, using a needle. The sample is examined to evaluate blood-forming cells for conditions such as anemia, infection, or certain blood cancers.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Fluid Sample Collection cost?

$286

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $286 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $145 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$141$66.07 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$145$66.07 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $66 to $6,026Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $60 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $145professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$269.15

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 20.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$286

$141 physician + $145 facility

IN $5,765WV $286

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.