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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

West 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 4 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$72.44$69.18 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$70.79 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $71 to $457Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $69 to $102
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $71professional $72

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 45th of 51

$72.44

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.