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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Alabama 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?

$18.62

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.80 to $525.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,388Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $20
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $16

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$20.89

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$18.62

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.