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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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.20$16.22 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$17.78 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $18 to $389Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $79
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $18professional $18

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.84

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 31st of 51

$18.20

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.