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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Indiana 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$39.81$8.32 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$389 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $245 to $4,786Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $8 to $81
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $40

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
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
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
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.79

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 43rd of 51

$54.95

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.