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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

South 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 7 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$81.28$47.86 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$53.70 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $46 to $813Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $37 to $126
$50$100$200$500facility $91professional $81

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$93.33

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 14th 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.