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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Kansas 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$12.59 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$145 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,413Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $100
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $324professional $18

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
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.39
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
$6.61
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$2.09

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 21st of 51

$20.89

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.