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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Montana 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 5 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$20.42$19.95 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$20.42 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $20 to $48Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $63
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $20professional $20

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$47.86
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$47.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 15th of 51

$20.42

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.