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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Texas 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 Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 9 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$77.62$69.18 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$69.18 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $56 to $1,549Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $66 to $126
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $107professional $78

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
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 50.1 times more in California than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Texas $83.18 · 37th of 51
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.