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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Utah 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$83.18$33.88 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$200 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $78 to $4,467Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $28 to $129
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $83

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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
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
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 38th of 51

$93.33

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.