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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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.22$11.75 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$257 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,514Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $65
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $468professional $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
$10.72
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$81.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$72.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.85
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.70
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
$5.25
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.17

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 26th of 51

$19.50

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.