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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$48.98$45.71 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$79.43 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $54 to $5,248Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $41 to $91
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $49

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
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$131.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 40th of 51

$50.12

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.