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Stem Cell Graft Processing Step

West 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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 4 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$11.75$11.48 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$11.75 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $12 to $457Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $17
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $12professional $12

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.88

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 48th of 51

$11.75

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.