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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

South Carolina 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.79$13.80 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$479 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $110 to $2,570Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $30
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $1,288professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12
12 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
$5.89
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.59

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$30.20

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.