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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

North Dakota 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 5 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$87.10$46.77 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$44.67 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $45 to $46Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $46 to $112
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $46professional $87

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
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 12th of 51

$85.11

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.