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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$74.13$66.07 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$135 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,950Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $63 to $166
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $74

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$79.43

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.