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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Montana 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$77.62$74.13 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$77.62 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $76 to $1,318Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $41 to $240
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $78professional $78

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$181.97
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$181.97
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$151.36
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 16th of 51

$77.62

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.