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Freezing And Storing Stem Cells For A Future Transplant

Virginia 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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$52.48$44.67 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$52.48 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $45 to $2,455Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $42 to $83
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $79professional $52

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
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$104.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$52.48

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.