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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Massachusetts 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$83.18 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$85.11 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $69 to $2,344Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $65 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $117

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
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$234.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,819.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$257.04
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$72.44
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
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$23.44

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 16th of 51

$129

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.