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Collection of Blood-Forming Stem Cells

Texas 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?

$138

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $331.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,622
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $138

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
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,000.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,584.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 38th of 49

$138

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.