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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$75.86$69.18 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$2,399 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $115 to $5,888Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $69 to $135
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $76

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$302.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 10th of 51

$135

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.