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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Idaho 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$102 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$204 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,413Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $81 to $141
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $112

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
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,412.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$1,548.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
19 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
$38.02
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 17th of 51

$126

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.