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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Tennessee 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $646 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$12.88 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$407 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,820Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $661
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $646professional $17

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
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$27.54
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
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.55

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 2nd of 51

$91.20

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.