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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Kentucky 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$10.96$10.47 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$13.49 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $11 to $11,220Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $20
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $11

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
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.85
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$11.48

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.