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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Tennessee 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$100$77.62 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$407 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,820Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $66 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $100

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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
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
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.33

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 5th of 51

$174

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.