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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 5 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$48.98$44.67 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$91.20 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,950Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $42 to $110
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $324professional $49

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$93.33

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$53.70

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.