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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Illinois 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $219 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 6 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$53.70$45.71 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$95.50 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $47 to $1,072Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $44 to $105
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $219professional $54

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
$46.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 34th of 51

$57.54

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.