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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Rhode Island 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?

$17.38

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.49 to $21.38.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,890Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $23
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $437professional $15

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38
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
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.55

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 38th of 51

$17.38

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.