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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 8 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$45.71$9.33 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$166 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $51 to $3,388Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $7 to $74
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $46

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
$45.71
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$54.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$100.00

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 41st of 51

$48.98

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.