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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Pennsylvania 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$46.77$44.67 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$45.71 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $46 to $3,020Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $43 to $79
$100$1K$10Kfacility $468professional $47

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
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$67.61
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$57.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$70.79
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 49th of 51

$46.77

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.