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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Maine 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$67.61$53.70 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$501 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $501 to $708Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $50 to $91
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $525professional $68

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 31st of 51

$69.18

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.