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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

South Carolina 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$83.18$69.18 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$112 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $83 to $2,455Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $68 to $151
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $83

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$173.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$83.18

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.