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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Alaska rates for HCPCS 38207

This process prepares previously collected blood-forming stem cells, gathered from bone marrow or the bloodstream, for long-term storage by freezing them using a specialized technique. The frozen cells are kept until they are needed for a stem cell or bone marrow transplant, which may happen weeks, months, or even years later. It is a laboratory step performed after the cells have already been collected from the donor or patient.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$95.50 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$50.12 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $45 to $347Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $45 to $302
$50$100$200facility $76professional $155

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$562.34

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 81.3 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$155

CA $2,951HI $36.31

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.