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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Pennsylvania 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 8 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$70.79$67.61 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$69.18 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $69 to $3,020Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $63 to $115
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $479professional $71

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
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 48th of 51

$70.79

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.