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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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $427 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$158$135 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$158 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $107 to $8,511Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $91 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $427professional $158

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$174

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.