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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Maryland 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 physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $102.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $72 to $661Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $43 to $95
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $209professional $50

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$117.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$117.49
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
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
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 45th 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.