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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 9 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$13.18$11.75 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,549 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $16 to $4,898Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $33
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $13

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
$12.59
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$74.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$100.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$29.51
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$54.95
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$41.69
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.20

Where New York 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 York· 20th of 51

$17.78

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.