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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Minnesota 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$24.55$19.05 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$21.38 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $12 to $1,122Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $14 to $48
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $47professional $25

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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$26.92

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.