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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Alaska rates for HCPCS 38213

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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 6 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$41.69$25.70 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$13.80 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $93Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $11 to $81
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $42

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
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$85.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$93.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$151.36

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 302.0 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$41.69

CA $2,951HI $9.77

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.