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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Indiana 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$11.22$8.32 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$389 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $245 to $4,786Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $11

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
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.59
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$120.23
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44
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
$5.50
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.20

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 46th of 51

$14.13

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.