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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Montana 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 5 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$81.28$79.43 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$79.43 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $79 to $191Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $43 to $251
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $81professional $81

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$162.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 15th of 51

$81.28

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.