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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

New Jersey 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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$72.44$69.18 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$120 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $79 to $5,248Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $62 to $141
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $72

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
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$199.53
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 41st of 51

$75.86

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.