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Collection of a Patient's Own Blood-Forming Stem Cells

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 38206

A procedure that collects blood-forming stem cells from a patient's own bloodstream so they can be stored and later given back to the same patient after high-dose treatment such as chemotherapy. The cells are typically collected using a machine that draws blood, separates out the stem cells, and returns the rest of the blood to the body. This approach is called autologous collection because the patient is both the donor and the eventual recipient.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Collection of a Patient's Own Blood-Forming Stem Cells cost?

$1,371

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,371 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$112$87.10 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$832 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,467Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $79 to $155
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $112

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 20.2 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$1,371

$112 physician + $1,259 facility

CO $4,800MT $238

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.