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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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$10.72$10.47 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$18.62 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $11 to $1,950Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $19
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $115professional $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
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.49
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
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.20

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$10.72

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.