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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Alaska rates for HCPCS 38211

A laboratory step carried out on blood-forming stem cells that have already been collected for a transplant. Before the cells are given to a patient, unwanted material is removed from the collected product so that what remains is safer and better suited for transplant. It is part of preparing the graft rather than a test performed on the patient.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $120 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 6 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$251$155 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$81.28 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $72 to $562Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $72 to $479
$100$200$500facility $120professional $251

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
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$660.69

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 50.1 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$251

CA $2,951HI $58.88

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.