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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 7 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$20.89$15.49 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$25.70 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $19 to $1,820Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $12 to $69
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $813professional $21

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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$24.55

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.