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Infusion of a Patient's Own Stem Cells

Maryland rates for HCPCS 38241

Returns a person's own blood-forming stem cells to them through a drip into a vein, after those cells were collected and frozen earlier and high-dose chemotherapy has emptied the bone marrow. The cells find their way back to the marrow and rebuild the blood-making system over the following weeks. Because the cells came from the patient, there is no risk of rejection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Infusion of a Patient's Own Stem Cells cost?

$200

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $178 to $389.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,380Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $132 to $309
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $646professional $182

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$426.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
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
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.78

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Oklahoma than in Utah. 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$200

OK $2,344UT $135

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.