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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Georgia 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$66.07$57.54 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$251 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $115 to $2,884Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $46 to $115
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$144.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
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
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.50

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 19th of 51

$81.28

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.