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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

South Dakota 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 7 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$21.38$13.18 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$14.13 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $12 to $813Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $34
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $25professional $21

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.12

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 12th of 51

$21.38

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.