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Stem Cell Transplant From a Donor

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 38240

Infuses blood-forming stem cells collected from a donor into a patient through a vein, after treatment has cleared space in the bone marrow. The cells travel to the marrow, settle there, and rebuild the blood and immune system over the following weeks. It is used for blood cancers, marrow failure and some inherited blood disorders.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stem Cell Transplant From a Donor cost?

$1,447

Typical total for the visit. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,447 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$132 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$229 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $224 to $10,471Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $117 to $275
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $158

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
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$416.87
5 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
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$24.55

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 88.6 times more in Wyoming than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$1,447

$158 physician + $1,288 facility

WY $59,374MT $670

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.