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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Colorado 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$87.10 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$955 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $282 to $5,129Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $72 to $158
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $107

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.76

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 9th of 51

$141

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.