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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

North Dakota 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$93.33$51.29 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$47.86 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $48 to $49Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $49 to $120
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $49professional $93

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
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 10th of 51

$91.20

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.