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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Illinois 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 6 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$79.43$69.18 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$107 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,202Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $66 to $158
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $79

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
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$97.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 33rd of 51

$85.11

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.