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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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$72.44$69.18 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$525 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,548Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $56 to $151
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $72

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
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$186.21
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$151.36
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 46th of 51

$79.43

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.