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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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$151$115 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$123 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,122Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $83 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $195professional $151

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$158

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.