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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$51.29 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$93.33 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $72 to $724Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $45 to $93
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $151professional $66

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
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
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.7 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.

Arkansas· 21st of 51

$77.62

WI $200KY $42.66

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.