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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Kentucky 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$42.66$35.48 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$44.67 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $45 to $1,950Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $11 to $72
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $115professional $43

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
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$194.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
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
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.79

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$42.66

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.