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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 October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Graft Processing Step cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$11.75 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$105 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $16 to $2,455Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $589professional $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
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$33.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,570.40
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
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
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.41

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 47th of 51

$14.13

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.