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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Illinois 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 6 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$13.49$11.48 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$23.44 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $11 to $1,047Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $28
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $123professional $13

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
$11.48
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$69.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$89.13
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.85
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.30

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 33rd of 51

$14.45

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.