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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Nebraska 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$79.43$43.65 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$398 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $95 to $8,511Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $42 to $240
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $79

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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$81.28

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.