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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Rhode Island 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?

$67.61

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 to $85.11.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,890Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $50 to $93
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $63

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
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
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$67.61

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.