Infusion Of Donor Immune Cells

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 38242

Gives a patient lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, collected from a donor and delivered through a vein like a transfusion. It is given after a stem cell transplant to strengthen the donor immune system's attack on remaining cancer cells. The infusion itself takes a short time in an outpatient or inpatient setting.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Infusion Of Donor Immune Cells cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 52 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$204	$141 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$3,311	$1,413 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $214 to $8,710Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $112 to $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $114.82 Median $194.98 Typical High $3,548.13	Facility	Global	$114.82	$194.98	$3,548.13
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,698.24 Median $4,365.16 Typical High $10,232.93	Facility	Global	$1,698.24	$4,365.16	$10,232.93
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $331.13 Median $457.09 Typical High $1,230.27	Facility	Global	$331.13	$457.09	$1,230.27
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,000.00 Median $2,691.53 Typical High $6,165.95	Facility	Global	$1,000.00	$2,691.53	$6,165.95

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 83.2 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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.

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IN $8,318DE $100

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.