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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $309 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$66.07 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$178 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,660Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $62 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $76

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.61

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

Arizona· 30th of 51

$105

WI $288KY $64.57

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.