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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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 6 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$27.54$20.89 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$36.31 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $25 to $1,622Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $15 to $46
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $89professional $28

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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$54.95
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$47.86

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$28.84

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.