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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $234 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.59$11.22 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$48.98 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $16 to $1,660Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $661
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $234professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.10

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Florida than in Kentucky. 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.

Arizona· 32nd of 51

$17.78

FL $132KY $10.72

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.