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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Arizona 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$48.98$43.65 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$135 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $62 to $1,660Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $41 to $661
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $269professional $49

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$83.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
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
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.37

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$69.18

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.