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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Georgia 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$16.22$14.45 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$251 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $115 to $2,884Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $87
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $537professional $16

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
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$36.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.11
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
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.38

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 24th of 51

$19.95

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.