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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Ohio 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 8 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$43.65$18.62 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$155 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $51 to $3,236Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $13 to $71
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $741professional $44

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
$47.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$53.70
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$93.33

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 40th of 51

$48.98

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.