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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Iowa 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $813 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$75.86$57.54 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$95.50 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,820Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $45 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $76

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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$144.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$89.13

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.