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Collection of Blood-Forming Stem Cells

Minnesota 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?

$490

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $234 to $813.

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 $490 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490

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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$812.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 24th of 49

$490

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.