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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Louisiana 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $676 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 4 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$56.23$46.77 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$380 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $60 to $1,660Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $43 to $81
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $56

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
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$95.50

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$63.10

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.