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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Ohio 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$7.59 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$288 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $120 to $2,570Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $7 to $89
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $603professional $46

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$28.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$104.71
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$104.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$302.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$109.65
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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$70.79

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 48th of 51

$50.12

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.