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Collection of Blood-Forming Stem Cells

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 38205

Collects blood-forming stem cells from the bloodstream for use in a transplant. Blood is drawn through a needle or catheter into a machine that separates out the stem cells and returns the rest of the blood, over a session lasting several hours. More than one session is sometimes needed to gather enough cells.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Collection of Blood-Forming Stem Cells cost?

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $10,715.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $76 to $11,220
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,467

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
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 190.5 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Kentucky· 8th of 49

$3,467

IN $15,488MD $81.28

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.