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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $302 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$85.11 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$138 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,622Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $60 to $182
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $302professional $112

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$190.55

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 75.9 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$115

CA $2,951HI $38.90

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.