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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

South Dakota 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $120 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 7 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$129$75.86 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$85.11 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $72 to $813Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $59 to $204
$100$200$500facility $120professional $129

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 12th of 51

$129

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.