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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

North Carolina 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$11.75$11.22 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$12.88 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $977Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $20professional $12

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
$11.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$27.54
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$11.75

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.