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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

New Jersey 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$48.98$45.71 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$537 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,548Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $37 to $100
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $49

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
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$123.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,778.28
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$102.33
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
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 46th of 51

$53.70

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.