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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Tennessee 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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$54.95$42.66 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$347 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $51 to $3,548Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $41 to $107
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,122professional $55

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
$41.69
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$102.33

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$57.54

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.