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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Kentucky 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$41.69$38.02 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$43.65 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $44 to $11,220Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $32 to $76
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $42

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
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$58.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$194.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$43.65

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.