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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Illinois 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$50.12$43.65 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$89.13 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $45 to $1,175Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $41 to $102
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $50

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
$44.67
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$58.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 34th of 51

$54.95

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.