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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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.22$12.88 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$324 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,202Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $12 to $23
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $380professional $16

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
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
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
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.70

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 16th of 51

$22.91

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.