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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$50.12$45.71 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$2,399 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $78 to $5,888Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $46 to $89
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $50

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 9th of 51

$91.20

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.