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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Minnesota 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$105$77.62 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$138 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $93 to $2,570Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $56 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $339professional $105

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
$44.67
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$204.17
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$177.83

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$107

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.