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Collection of Blood-Forming Stem Cells

Massachusetts 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?

$224

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $81.28 to $2,042.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $68 to $3,311
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $224

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$43,651.58
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 28th of 49

$224

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.