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Infusion Of Donor Immune Cells

California 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?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,951 to $5,623.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $12,023Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $98 to $525
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $123

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,606.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$524.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where California sits

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.

California· 5th of 49

$4,365

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.