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Infusion of a Patient's Own Stem Cells

Washington 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?

$1,362

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,362 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$170 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$692 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $347 to $6,918Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $52 to $447
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $240

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
$229.09
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$25,118.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$74,131.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70

Where Washington 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

Washington· 38th of 51

$1,362

$240 physician + $1,122 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.