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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Alaska rates for HCPCS 38212

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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 6 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$166$100 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$53.70 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $47 to $363Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $47 to $316
$50$100$200facility $81professional $166

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
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$602.56

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 75.9 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$166

CA $2,951HI $38.90

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.