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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Iowa 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$25.70$19.95 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$52.48 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $26 to $1,622Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $120
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $562professional $26

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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$31.62
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$39.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$28.84

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.