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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Missouri 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $759 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$91.20$75.86 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$331 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $105 to $3,236Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $68 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $91

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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$169.82
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
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.41

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$112

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.