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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

New York 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$10.00 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$933 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,467Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $22
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $12

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
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.48
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$47.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$100.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$20.89
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.02
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
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
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.38

Where New York 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.

New York· 50th of 51

$12.02

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.