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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Virginia 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$56.23$47.86 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$56.23 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $48 to $2,512Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $45 to $87
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $81professional $56

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
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$104.71
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th of 51

$56.23

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.