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Infusion of a Patient's Own Stem Cells

North Carolina 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?

$1,600

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,600 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$174 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$646 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,012Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $148 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $251

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
$173.78
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$436.52
11 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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$69.18

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.9 times more in Oklahoma 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

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$1,600

$251 physician + $1,349 facility

OK $6,102MT $514

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.