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Managing A Stem Cell Donor Search

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 38204

The work of searching donor registries and cord blood banks to find a matching stem cell donor for a patient, then arranging for the cells to be obtained and delivered to the transplant center. It covers the coordination and acquisition effort, not the transplant procedure itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Managing A Stem Cell Donor Search cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $102 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$135 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$102 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $102 to $102Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $102 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $102professional $195

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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 35.5 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

North Dakota· 8th of 51

$195

CA $2,951HI $83.18

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.