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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Texas 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 9 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$48.98$42.66 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$97.72 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $51 to $3,090Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $40 to $78
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $49

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
$42.66
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$69.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 31st of 51

$56.23

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.