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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

North Carolina 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$46.77$43.65 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$75.86 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $44 to $2,344Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $36 to $120
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,000professional $47

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
$74.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$104.71
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 41st of 51

$47.86

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.