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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Pennsylvania 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$12.02$11.22 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$11.48 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $11 to $3,020Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $20
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $479professional $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
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.14
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$36.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.38
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$24.55

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 44th of 51

$12.02

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.