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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

South Carolina 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$57.54$54.95 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$479 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $110 to $2,570Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $45 to $91
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,288professional $58

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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
12 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
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 15th of 51

$87.10

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.