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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

Virginia 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 8 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$14.13$11.75 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$14.13 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $12 to $2,512Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $23
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $21professional $14

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
$11.75
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$77.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$32.36
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th of 51

$14.13

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.