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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 8 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$85.11$72.44 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$85.11 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $72 to $2,512Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $68 to $129
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $123professional $85

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
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$85.11

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.