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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $813 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$123$91.20 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$151 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,820Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $71 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $123

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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th 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.