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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Louisiana 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 4 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$15.14$12.30 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$331 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $16 to $1,318Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $21
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $550professional $15

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
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.30

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$16.60

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.