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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Louisiana 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$51.29 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$324 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,202Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $48 to $91
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $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
$51.29
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
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
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.76

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 14th of 51

$87.10

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.