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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Utah 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 Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$13.18 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$200 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $13 to $4,467Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $25
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $851professional $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
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12
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
$5.89
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.32

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 35th 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.