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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Minnesota 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$170$129 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$209 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,622Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $91 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $170

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
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$174

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.