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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Montana 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 5 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$123$112 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$123 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $120 to $288Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $65 to $380
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $123professional $123

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$288.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$123

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.