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Infusion of a Patient's Own Stem Cells

South 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?

$3,813

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,813 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$182$155 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,778 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $776 to $12,882Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $141 to $263
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
10 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
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$43.65

Where South 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

South Carolina· 7th of 51

$3,813

$182 physician + $3,631 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.