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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Massachusetts 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.42$14.45 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$15.14 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $12 to $2,344Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $661
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $257professional $20

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
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$40.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,819.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$41.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$42.66
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.38
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
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
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$4.07

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$23.44

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.