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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

New Jersey 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$12.30$11.48 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$20.42 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $14 to $5,248Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$34.67
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 41st of 51

$12.59

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.