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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Missouri 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $759 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$60.26$50.12 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$331 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $105 to $3,236Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $45 to $182
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $60

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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$112.20
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
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.79

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$75.86

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.