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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Arkansas 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 3 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$16.60$11.22 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$17.78 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $759Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $25professional $17

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
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.70

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 23rd of 51

$16.60

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.