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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

North Carolina 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$75.86$69.18 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$75.86 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $69 to $977Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $59 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $117professional $76

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
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$83.18

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.