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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 July 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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$15.14$13.18 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$13.18 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $1,622Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $36
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $17professional $15

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 29th of 51

$15.14

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.