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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Nebraska 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$126$69.18 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$550 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $100 to $9,550Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $66 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $126

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$126

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.