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Bone Marrow Biopsy

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 38221

This procedure obtains a small core sample of solid bone marrow tissue, usually from the back of the hip bone, using a specialized needle. The sample is examined under a microscope to help diagnose blood disorders, certain cancers, or infections affecting the marrow. It is often done alongside a separate marrow fluid sampling in the same visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bone Marrow Biopsy cost?

$303

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $303 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $151 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$151$70.79 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$151$75.86 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $69 to $3,388Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $68 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $151professional $151

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
$69.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,380.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
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
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$275.42

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 22.3 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

$303

$151 physician + $151 facility

IN $6,755WV $303

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.