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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Indiana 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$8.32 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$389 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $245 to $4,786Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $8 to $115
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $60

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$36.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.24

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$81.28

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.