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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Kansas 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$67.61$50.12 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$145 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $62 to $1,413Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $49 to $132
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $68

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
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
$26.92
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.32

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 27th of 51

$74.13

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.