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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Texas 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 negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$11.48 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$195 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $112 to $2,630Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $661
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $741professional $14

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
$11.22
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.39
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$79.43
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
8 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
$5.50
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.26

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 33rd 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.