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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Colorado 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$47.86$42.66 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$2,138 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $65 to $5,888Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $43 to $91
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $48

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
$42.66
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$91.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$2,238.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 6th of 51

$95.50

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.