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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Virginia 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$83.18$72.44 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$151 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $81 to $2,455Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $66 to $123
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $589professional $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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,570.40
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
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
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$85.11

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.