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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Missouri 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $759 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$15.49$12.59 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$331 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $100 to $3,236Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $69
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $759professional $15

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
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$27.54
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
$5.25
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.20

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 27th of 51

$19.50

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.