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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Colorado 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$14.79 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$955 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $282 to $5,129Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $27
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $18

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$27.54
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
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.32

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 15th of 51

$22.91

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.