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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 7 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$12.59 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$13.80 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $10 to $2,818Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $36
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $501professional $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
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$40.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$41.69

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th of 51

$15.49

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.