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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Tennessee 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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 5 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$58.88$45.71 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$407 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,950Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $44 to $115
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047professional $59

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
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$109.65

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$61.66

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.