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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

South Dakota 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 7 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$85.11$50.12 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$56.23 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $49 to $813Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $39 to $135
$50$100$200$500facility $98professional $85

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 12th of 51

$85.11

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.