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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$45.71$42.66 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$417 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $50 to $4,074Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $38 to $87
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $46

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
$46.77
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 42nd 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.