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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Ohio 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 8 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$11.48$9.12 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$41.69 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $13 to $3,388Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $11

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
$11.48
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$36.31
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 40th of 51

$12.88

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.