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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Colorado 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$57.54 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$955 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $282 to $5,129Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $48 to $105
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $71

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$85.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.25

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 10th of 51

$93.33

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.